Emergency services rushed to a Hampshire street after a house was "struck by Lightning".
Fire crews from Havant, Fareham, Gosport and Southsea were called to Summerleigh Walk in Fareham yesterday afternoon after a fire started in the loft space of a house.
Crews used one hose reel jet and two jets to extinguish the fire.
The fires in Paulsgrove and Fareham appear to be caused by lightening strikes
— Hants Fire Control (@hfrs_control) August 28, 2020
It is believed that a lightning strike caused the fire yesterday afternoon.
Witness Mark Hesselmann, who took pictures of emergency services at the scene, reported that "lightning struck a roof of a house" during a thunder storm yesterday.
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