CANTON (1080 KRLD) - Residents of Canton are starting to clean up from the tornado that hit Wednesday evening. The tornado damaged homes and businesses, but the Historic Town Square was not damaged.
"It was a long night last night, but we're making our way through things," says Canton Fire Chief Bud Sanford.
Some people huddled in a gas station near Highways 19 and 64 on the north end of Canton.
"We heard the building just pull away from itself. It's something I'd never been through," one woman said.
No one was seriously injured in Canton. Sanford says injuries were limited to "scrapes and bruises."
"Firefighters and police officers here in Canton and the surrounding area, they were trying their best and do a great job protecting the citizens," he says.
People who live in one neighborhood that was hit started surveying damage Thursday morning.
"It was pretty scary for a minute. My son and nephew came out to look at things, and my nephew came back in and said, 'Well, Aunt Linda, your car is flat,'" one woman said as she started laughing. A tree had landed on her car.
Canton was hit by another tornado in April of 2017. That tornado killed four people.
"You just kind of laugh," a man who lives in the neighborhood says. "You go through life. Things happen. You just go, 'Okay, we've rebuilt before. We're gonna rebuild again.'"
The National Weather Service will survey damage Thursday to determine the strength of the tornado.
Canton's First Monday Trade Days are scheduled to begin Thursday. Organizers posted a note on Facebook saying some vendors' booths were blown over, but the grounds did not suffer any damage.
"Thank you for your thoughts and prayers, our hearts are with those affected by the tornado that touched down this evening. Fortunately, it looks like our grounds did not suffer any major damage. We will still hold our market as planned! We are thankful for a forecast showing sunny skies the next 3 days!" they wrote on Facebook.