Firefighting routinely involves high-risk situations, and a crew from the Cy-Fair Fire Department’s Station 11 in Houston faced two severe weather -related threats on Monday.

After responding to a lightning strike that caused smoke in an attic, the crew was about to leave the home when they noticed a rapid change of wind direction, bending whole trees to the ground.

That type of sudden change in wind direction can indicate a tornado, AccuWeather Chief On-Air Meteorologist Bernie Rayno said. The firefighters took shelter in the garage until the storm passed, and their firetruck camera captured the scene.

"It was my first time ever experiencing that situation. I was a little bit afraid," John Toussaint, a firefighter and EMT, told local TV station KPRC . "You know, we’re all human,

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