Crews Responding To Storm Damage In Mobile Home Park Near Sunnyvale

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DALLAS (AP/CBSDFW.COM) — An official with the Dallas County Sheriff's office says deputies are responding to damages caused by a tornado east of Dallas, including a trailer park ablaze.

Spokeswoman Melinda Urbina said while several emergency teams had been dispatched to Sunnyvale, just east of the Dallas city limits, following reports of trailers on fire and possible injuries in a mobile home park.

The department told CBS11 a twister or straight-line winds had swept through Plantation Park on Barnes Bridge Road, causing damage. Fire departments from Mesquite and Garland responded, as well as the sheriff's department.

Urbina said the extent of the damage was still uncertain but that nearby roads had been shut due to debris and that the damage to the homes was likely extensive enough to render some "inhabitable." The Red Cross was also responding to the scene, she said, and trees were down.

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