This is the third home that had its roof caved in by heavy snow Emergency crews in Nakusp were called out Wednesday to another collapsed roof caused by heavy snow- the third in a week and a half.
This time, the roof covering a wraparound, second-story deck of a house on Shakespeare Road collapsed, said Nakusp Fire Chief Terry Warren.
No one was injured in the collapse, though a truck parked next to the house was damaged. Electricity was cut off to a portion of the house, but the residents are still able to occupy the building, said Warren.
"The heavy snow seems to be really affecting big, long open runs of roof," said Warren. "We also find that people are losing their gutters, their eavestroughs, to the weight of the snow."
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