House Struck by Lightening

Written by Angela Gooch on February 17th, 2008 in Accidents, Disasters, Human Interest.

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House hit by lightning
CHILD UNHARMED
In the heavy thunderstorm which hit Skegness on Monday evening, a house in Wainfleet Road suffered some damage by fire, but an eight-yearold boy who was alone in the house at the time of the incident was unharmed.

The house, No. 6 Wainfleet Road, is the home of Mr. Alan Berry, of Berry’s garage which is next door. Mr. Berry had left the house for a few moments to go to the garage when the lightning struck, and returned to find his son Adrian there unharmed, but the basement on fire.

The lightning had torn two holes in the roof and had gone straight through the building to rip open a gas pipe in the unoccupied basement and start a fire there.

Skegness Fire Brigade were called and were able to limit the damage to the building.

“LIKE A ROCKET”
Although no one was harmed, a number of people were scared by the loud flash and explosion which accompanied the strike.
Near neighbours felt it worse, among them Mr. and Mrs. Jack Day who live at No. 8 Wainfleet Road.
Mrs. Day said : “It was like a rocket. It lifted the cot in which my year-old baby was sleeping right into the air. It was frightening.”

No other storm damage was reported.

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