BRENTWOOD, Calif. - Lightning lit up the skies Wednesday night throughout the Bay Area, and firefighters in Brentwood said one such strike caused a house fire when the electricity hit a weather vane ...

UPDATE (Aug. 15): Investigators from the Baltimore County Police Department’s Fire Investigation Division consulted a lightning strike report that confirmed that a strike occurred directly at the ...

SMITHFIELD, Va. (WAVY) – A lightning strike early Saturday morning caused heavy fire and smoke in the Smithfield, according to Isle of Wight Fire Rescue. Smithfield Volunteer Fire Department, ...

Lightning caused a house fire in Brentwood late Wednesday night, according to the fire department. No injuries were reported. The home on Anderson Avenue, near Walnut Avenue, had only minor damage ...

A home in Racine caught fire on Saturday morning, Sept. 13 after it was struck by lightning. Firefighters were able to get the fire under control in about a half-hour. Nobody was hurt in the fire.