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Tichigan firefighters help man with downed tree and wires after storm

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Posted at 8:16 PM, Jul 21, 2019
and last updated 2019-07-21 21:28:19-04

WATERFORD - A couple members of the Tichigan Fire Department happened to see a tree down with live wires hanging in the path of traffic on Saturday.

This happened in the 5800 block of March Road in Waterford.

Firefighters found an elderly man on the other side of the tree with a chainsaw trying to remove the wires himself.

Firefighters walked the man away from the wires, the road was closed and We Energies was called.

Neighbors and firefighters helped the homeowner with clean up the next day.

No one was hurt in this incident.