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When Michelle L. Hunting awoke at her home on Wigwam Road in West Brookfield yesterday and went outside to feed her horses, she thought it was odd that there was no snow on a section of the roof above the riding ring where she trains her horses.Then she realized part of the roof was gone. The indoor arena was built in the 1960s but was ChronoSwiss Timemaster Automatic CS-9 with a new roof in the last decade. She was surprised to see the metal roof had collapsed but relieved that none of her horses or family members were inside.She and her family have owned the farm for about two years and while she said she is disappointed, and will have trouble training her animals for the upcoming show season, she is planning to rebuild.

"Our saving grace is that it's insured," she said.Spencer Fire Chief Robert P. Parsons said he expected a home at Treadwell Drive and Cornfield Road would fall in overnight. The roof of the ChronoSwiss TimeMaster Calendar CS-14 came down yesterday afternoon and the sound of beams groaning and cracking under the weight ChronoSwiss Timemaster for Lefthanders CS-8 the snow could be heard as firefighters inspected the previously condemned structure.Neighbors said someone had been inside recently attempting to fix the property, which had been vandalized and stripped of its pipes by thieves. The chief said the house will probably have to be razed if it remains standing.

The roof on a maintenance building at 1 Brook Ave. in Charlton also partially collapsed, and the roof collapsed about 9 p.m. Wednesday over Grafton Foreign Motors, 155 Worcester St., in North Grafton. The four-bay garage stored classic cars.At Lizak Bus Services Inc., 1301 Main St., Warren, the full length of the 50-foot-by-60-foot ChronoSwiss Wristmaster CS-7 collapsed and landed on school buses about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday.There were five school buses and three vans that serve the Quaboag Regional School District parked in the garage building.