A lightning strike is suspected for that house with damage of about $150,000. A house on Pagoda court also got hit by lightning, but fortunately, it didn’t spark a blaze.

HIGH POINT — A lightning strike started a fire that damaged a house in north High Point Monday night, but no one was injured in the blaze. The fire in the 4200 block of Brentonshire Lane was ...

Homes are struck by lightning more often than one may expect. The National Fire Protection Association says an average of 22,600 fires were started by lightning each year between 2007 and 2011.

SAFETY AT 311 FOR ASSISTANCE. A HOUSE IN NORTHWEST ALBUQUERQUE WAS HIT BY LIGHTNING AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. HERE ARE PHOTOS A-F-R SHARED WHEN THEY ARRIVED ON THE SCENE YESTERDAY. THE ROOF WAS MADE OF ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Fire departments in the Austin area responded to two fires late Sunday night that were reportedly caused by lightning strikes. Lake Travis Fire Rescue firefighters were called to ...

When a lightning strike hit the cable between the author’s house and a neighbor’s, there was $40,000 worth of damage. Here’s what happened and how to avoid it happening to you.

A lightning strike during a passing storm sparked a house fire in Lancaster County Wednesday afternoon. But thanks to quick action and working smoke detectors, the home and family cat was saved.

Firefighters are looking into the possibility a lightning strike caused a house fire in north Calgary Monday afternoon. Calgary fire department crews were sent to the 100 block of Kincora Mews N.W., ...