Family may not be able to return home for Christmas after tree falls on house

The fallen tree at Kilcurry yesterday

Three generations of a family in Kilcurry may not be able to return home for Christmas after having to leave their home yesterday after a large tree crashed down onto the front of their bungalow.

Dundalk Fire Service had to remove an elderly woman from the home and make the house secure following the incident yesterday morning, which blocked the Kilcurry to Toberona Road.

The 81-year-old woman lived there with her daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren. Her daughter, who did not want to be named, said that the family may not be able to return to the house before Christmas.

The fire service worked for more than six hours to remove the tree. It broke windows at the front of the bungalow and also damaged the roof.

Road impassable due to fallen tree

This is the scene on the Kilcurry to Toberona Road this morning as a tree has fallen, completely blocking the road.

The fallen tree is against a local house and has been confirmed to have caused damaged to a wall and possibly the house itself.

Thanks to Siobhan Walsh and Pat O’Shaughnessy of LMFM for sharing pictures of the scene.

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