It happened so fast I couldn't believe there was a window there," said Frohman. "I was close to the kitchen windows that got blown out.I saw them getting blown out. "The fact that we were fine and the house was damaged, it can be replaced so we're good," Payne said. The tornado also went through the roof of Mark Frohman and Joyce Payne's home. Told me to get up and go to the bathroom.at that right time.and that noise and everything and that big blast." "The way I look at it, if I had stepped one step out of the right side out of the bathroom when that boom came, I wouldn't be talking to you right now and you're fine," Clark said. He said he thought he heard a helicopter and then a big "boom" before the windows in his bathroom blew out. Over in the Belmont Lake Preserve neighborhood, homeowner Bobbie Clark said he was at home when the tornado hit. Nash County Sheriff and Rocky Mount emergency responders are asking everyone to stay safe and off the roads. The daycare owner said cleanup efforts will resume Thursday morning, Children were inside when the twister hit but no injuries were reported. Just down the road from the Pfizer facility, a daycare also sustained damage. Streets across Nash County are littered with trees, branches, and powerlines. Our thoughts are with our colleagues, our patients, and the community as we rebuild from this weather incident." We are assessing the situation to determine the impact on production. "At this point, there are no reports of serious injuries. "We can confirm that the Pfizer Rocky Mount facility was damaged by the tornado," a Pfizer spokesman told ABC11. The Pfizer facility in Rocky Mount sustained major damage. We are also fortunate that the number of injured individuals remained very low despite the amount of damage we are seeing." "It takes a big team to recover from an event like this. "We want to thank our municipalities, Nash County volunteer fire departments, surrounding counties, North Carolina Highway Patrol, NCDOT, and North Carolina Emergency Management for their assistance during the emergency response," said Emergency Services Director Tony Cameron.
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