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Holly Acres Mobile Homes Devastated by Flooding

75 to 85 percent of the homes will be condemned, residents were told to leave by 1 p.m.

Amid inches of mud, sewage water, debris and cars residents of the Holly Acres mobile home community were rounding up the last of their belongings Friday. 

At least 75 percent of the community will be condemned by Friday afternoon. Building inspectors were checking individual units and deciding which buildings would be able to be re-occupied and which ones were deemed unfit. 

Three or four vehicles were washed into the creek in between the mobile home community and the train tracks. A Chevy Tahoe was visible from the road, with the front bumper in the creek at nearly a 90-degree angle. 

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Police officers, a Haz-Mat truck, fire and rescue crews and building inspectors were present on the property. Police were on scene to ensure the safety of the residents that were attempting to remove their possessions from their homes. According to the building inspector, once a home has an orange condemned placard on it the only people allowed to return into the structure are insurance adjusters and construction workers. Homeowners and residents will not be allowed back into a condemned structure for any reason.

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