Home Sustains $750K In Damages After Lightning Strike

A storm moved through the region Monday afternoon bringing heavy winds, drenching rains, and powerful lightning.
A lightning bolt resulted in a three-alarm fire in Pocopson Township, Chester County. Ted and Hope Sage spotted a lightning bolt leaving their childrens’ home. "We saw a huge lightning flash and instead of coming to a point, it was like two bars of the whitest lightning I have ever seen, hitting just behind the trees," Hope Sage said. Neighbor Debbie Ventura witnessed flames coming out of the chimney of the home. "They were breaking the windows in the front of the house and there was smoke billowing out of all the upstairs windows," Ventura said.