Officials say lightning is being investigated as the possible cause of a number of fires as storms rolled through southeastern Pennsylvania overnight, bringing drenching rains and bringing down trees and power lines. Bucks County emergency dispatchers told WCAU-TV that a …
Investigators believe a lightning strike caused a West Texas house fire that has claimed the life of a woman. Menard County Sheriff Buck Miller says 63-year-old Clara Porter was dead at the scene, about 11 miles east of Menard. Miller …
Officials in suburban Philadelphia, Pa., say lightning may have caused a four-alarm fire that displaced 30 people and sent several firefighters to a hospital. The fire broke out shortly after 10 p.m. Sunday at the Windsor at Harper’s Crossing complex …
Authorities say a plant fire in St. James Parish, La., may have been sparked by lightning. WAFB TV reports the Rain CII plant in Gramercy caught on fire around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. It is located near the Noranda Aluminum plant …