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Tree falls onto car in Tamaqua

Tamaqua Fire Chief Tom Hartz helps firefighter Austin Bennage move the fallen tree off of the car and hanging wires.

ANDREW LEIBENGUTH/TIMES NEWS Firefighter Austin Bennage uses a chainsaw to free a large section of a fallen tree from hanging wires. Firefighters were called to Hegarty Avenue in Tamaqua around 2 a.m. this morning for a report of a tree blocking the road. When Tamaqua police and firefighters arrived they noticed a large portion of a tree lying on top of wires and a grey Dodge Neon. Members of the Citizen's Fire Company used a chainsaw to remove the tree. Fire police detoured traffic around the area during the cleanup. No injuries were reported.