Rain collapses school roof, causes derailment
DANDRIDGE, Tenn. (AP) – Continuous heavy rain is blamed for the collapse of a section of the roof at the Jefferson County High School vocational building.
The Knoxville News Sentinel (http://bit.ly/14XGgOz ) reported firefighters were called early Sunday afternoon and found about 5,000 square feet of the roof caved in.
In other holiday weekend weather incidents, firefighters and a swift-water rescue team brought 11 people riding inner tubes to safety in Blount County as the Little River ran high with rainwater.
Three Norfolk Southern locomotives and a rail car came off the tracks Sunday in west Knoxville after striking a tree that fell onto the rails. There was a similar incident Saturday night in Oliver Springs. No injuries were reported in either case.
Knoxville has received 4.9 inches of rain so far in July.
