A severe thunderstorm came through Barron and Rusk County and had a tornado that touched down and caused severe damage to muliptle areas. The Northwest Region is deploying resources to assist both counties in recovering efforts. The tornado touched down on 53 NB just south of Cameron and rolled over a semi and devastated a trailer park. The Northwest Region is partnering with Barron County Sheriff’s Department, fire and rescue and all of the local agencies that are assisting in recovering efforts. At this time we are meeting at the trailer park where the command post is set up in Barron County. We are handling the semi rollover on 53 at this time as well. We have sent troopers in a search and rescue clearing trailers to assure everybody has been located. We have 1 fatal and 20 individuals confirmed injured at this time. We are deploying troopers to Rusk County to conduct a search and rescue as well, the command post is at the Rusk County Sheriff’s Department.
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