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LORAIN COUNTY, Ohio — Crews were cleaning up Wednesday after brief but strong storms rolled through Lorain County Tuesday afternoon. Investigators are determining if the weather played a part in a fire and roof collapse at the Grafton Correctional Institution complex.
The Eaton Township resident estimated the strongest part of Tuesday’s storm only lasted about 15 minutes.Schatz was one of approximately 1,200 Lorain County FirstEnergy customers who lost power Tuesday afternoon when the storms knocked down more than 20 utility poles, and trees damaged other power lines.
“A typical fire like that size yesterday would’ve been a single department response. But it was 90+ degrees and we had to get to it from the air. So that right away turned it into a 5 or 6 department response,” Thompson explained. “The gas main going into the building for the boilers had ruptured inside the building and it was actually blowing gas up through the roof, causing the fire,” he said.
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