Highway 6 was shut down for multiple hours between 75 West and 125 West.ĭamage to power poles and a structure fire in Valparaiso and a second alarm structure fire in Washington Township sent Liberty Fire units across the area providing mutual aid. Highway 6 found themselves trapped for over an hour waiting for the power company to deactivate the live transmission lines that were wrapped around their car. High winds expected at 65 mph had impacted much of the area with tree damage, flying debris, and power poles becoming damaged.Ī motorist driving along U.S. Warnings from the National Weather Service for a Tornado Warning were prompted for the area (Porter County) that were capable of producing a tornado. Severe weather this past Friday kept Liberty firefighters busy answering calls from the start of the storm to early Saturday morning, the Liberty Township Volunteer Fire Department said in a news release.
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