Chattanooga, Tenn., fire officials will investigate whether lightning sparked at least three fires. Fire Department spokesman Bruce Garner said the fires broke out about 10 p.m. Tuesday as a severe thunderstorm rained lighting on the city. In the most serious …
Five people are recovering after a close call with lightning in eastern Missouri. KFVS-TV reports that two adults and three children were camping at St. Joe State Park near Park Hills Saturday when lightning struck nearby. All five went to …
Authorities say the employee at Adventure Island in Tampa, Florida who was struck by lightning has died. The man was identified late Saturday as 21-year-old Justin Inversso. Authorities say the lifeguard supervisor was standing in a few feet of water …
Guests including Academy Award-winning actress Kate Winslet escaped uninjured when fire destroyed Richard Branson’s Caribbean home in the middle of the night, the British businessman said Monday. The Virgin Group boss said about 20 people, including Winslet and her children, …
Officials say a landscape worker and a crane operator in South Florida both survived separate lightning strikes just hours apart. Davie Fire Rescue reports that a man was weeding near a chain-link fence at Indian Ridge Middle School Monday afternoon …
Arson has been ruled out as the cause of a fire that gutted a Colonial-era inn in Groton last week, and fire investigators say the real cause may never be known. Town Manager Mark Haddad says lightning has also been …
A house fire in South Dakota’s Union County that killed three children and their grandmother three years ago has led to a wrongful death lawsuit. The Argus Leader reports that the family of the victims is suing Indiana-based Tru-Flex Metal …
A flexible tubing for natural gas has been linked to at least 24 house fires in the Des Moines area since 2007. Officials told The Des Moines Register that the tubing is vulnerable to damage from lightning. The officials say …
Fire officials say a lightning strike sparked a fire at the Mt. Abram Ski Resort in Greenwood as a fast-moving storm rolled through the area. WGME-TV reports General Manager Kevin Rosenberg says lightning hit the lodge at about 6:30 p.m. …
A central Kentucky homeowner says a lightning strike started a fire that burned his home to the ground. Mark Dees of Berea told WLEX-TV in Lexington that the lightning struck at about 3:30 p.m. EDT Saturday while he was out, …