BAMBERG, S.C. — Residents and businesses in Bamberg were working alongside emergency services and utility crews to try and salvage what was left in the wake of the tornado.
An EF-2 tornado touched down in the middle of the town of Bamberg Tuesday night.
One of the businesses in Bamberg that were affected by the tornado was the South Carolina Oak to Barrel Company.
The CEO and owner, Eddie Hill who says he's hoping that business will be back up and running before the end of the year.
"We have no choice now but move faster and get things done to get it back up and running,” said Hill.
Nancy Foster is the mayor of Bamberg, she says the community members have rallied around each other
"People just volunteering to cut trees and to help however they can so we are just so appreciative that we have the best people,” said Mayor Foster. “Bamberg's got the best people."
One of those people offering to help in the Bamberg community is Mike Baldwin.
Baldwin owns a local construction services company and posted on Facebook that he was willing to help those who are in need for free.
"We're prioritizing everything with emergency services first,” said Baldwin. “You know getting trees out of living rooms off there houses where they can use their home or today we took a tree off of a car and the lady couldn't use her car and she was basically blocked in still doesn't have any power. We're putting those people first."
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Bamberg police Chief James Smoak is encouraging residents to stay off the roads for Friday’s expected storymy weather.
"Stay off the streets off the streets stay home it's not safe we were lucky we didn't have any injuries,” said Chief Smoak. “We just had first responders trying to get where they needed to go, utility crews needing to get where they needed to go so we had a lot of traffic that really didn't need to be out there."