Residents unharmed after trees smash into side of home

Two trees smashed onto the right side of a home on the corner of Pleasant and Beech avenues early Friday morning, June 26, 2009. In addition to the pickup truck parked in the driveway, three vehicles were parked inside the garage. The trees also smashed the living and dining rooms, homeowners said.

Michael D. Pitman/Contributing photographer Two trees smashed onto the right side of a home on the corner of Pleasant and Beech avenues early Friday morning, June 26, 2009. In addition to the pickup truck parked in the driveway, three vehicles were parked inside the garage. The trees also smashed the living and dining rooms, homeowners said.

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Keith Whitson, owner of Scottie's & Son Tree and Landscape, activates the tow cable Friday morning, June 26, 2009, to pull a piece of tree from the Bond house at the corner of Pleasant and Beech avenues in Fairfield. Two trees went through the garage, living room and dining room of the house, homeowners said.

Michael D. Pitman/Contributing photog Keith Whitson, owner of Scottie's & Son Tree and Landscape, activates the tow cable Friday morning, June 26, 2009, to pull a piece of tree from the Bond house at the corner of Pleasant and Beech avenues in Fairfield. Two trees went through the garage, living room and dining room of the house, homeowners said.

By Michael D. Pitman, Staff Writer Updated 1:58 PM Friday, June 26, 2009

Two giant oak trees smashed into the right side of a house early Friday, June 26, at the corner of Pleasant and Beech avenues.

Don and Pam Bond heard a smash around 2 or 2:30 a.m. Friday.

“I thought it was a tornado or something, so we grabbed the dogs and went down to the basement,” said Pam Bond.

The couple’s bedroom was on the left side of the house that fronts Pleasant Avenue. The trees landed on the right side of the house.

About 3 a.m., the couple came out of the basement and saw the damage outside. Two trees estimated to be 125 feet tall with a 5-foot diameter trunk, and likely more than 100 years old were laying in the couple’s garage, living room and dining room.

There were three vehicles in the garage, and a pickup truck in the driveway with a tree top of it. The couple wasn’t able to see the damage to the vehicles in the garage early Friday afternoon.

“We didn’t lose any trees, just some limbs, during the windstorm (Sept. 14), and we thought we were pretty safe after that,” Pam Bond said. “This was a shock.”

As of Friday, it’s unknown how much damage was caused by the fallen trees. The couple hadn’t owned the home long.

“We just moved here about a year ago, and that’s one of the things we loved about the yard,” Don Bond said.

After Scottie’s & Son Tree and Landscape finish clearing the tree, the couple will have Superior Restoration fix the hole in their home until they can rebuild it.

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