Lightning strikes Orlando home, causing fire to spread to bedrooms 4 displaced; no injuries reported
Lightning strikes Orlando home. (Daniel Dahm, Copyright 2024 by WKMG ClickOrlando - All rights reserved.)
ORLANDO, Fla. – Lightning struck an Orlando home Friday, sparking a fire that spread to several rooms and displaced four people, officials said.
The fire broke out at a home in the 2700 block of Meeting Place.
Orlando fire officials said firefighters were called to a lightning strike and found the one-story home on fire. The blaze “extended to several rooms” before it was extinguished, officials said.
No one was hurt.
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