Fire chief: Lightning strikes house, causing window to shatter and electrical socket to fly off kitchen wall
A house on Prospect Street in Glen Rock was struck by lightning Wednesday night, after the scorching heat led to thunderstorms across New Jersey.
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Aug 12, 2021, 4:08 PM
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Updated 1,261 days ago
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4h agoA house on
Prospect Street in Glen Rock was struck by lightning Wednesday night, after the
scorching heat led to thunderstorms across New Jersey.
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The fire chief
says the lightning strike caused a window to shatter and an electrical socket
to fly off a kitchen wall.
No one was home at
the time.
A dog walker
arrived at the home this morning, saw the damage and smelled an odor. There was
no fire.
Utilities have now
been shut off to the house.
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