A lightning strike from one of Friday’s powerful storms started a fire outside two Montgomery County, Maryland, homes.
The fire started on the 1900 block of Reedie Drive in Wheaton just before 5:30 p.m. Friday.
Sharon Hensley was inside her home with her grandson when one of Friday’s storms came through her Wheaton neighborhood. As rain pored, a lightning bolt ignited her neighbor’s shed and quickly spread to her fence.
“I was in a living room and a big ball of lightning bust open, and I said ‘no television right now,'” Hensley said.
Little did Hensley know that the fire was quickly spreading to her fence. She didn’t even realize her fence was on fire until a neighbor came knocking on her door to tell her.
“I was scared; I didn’t want it to get to the house,” Hensley said.
Hensley called 911, but before they could answer, Montgomery County Fire and Rescue had arrived to quickly extinguish the flames.
While the back part of her fence is gone, Hensley said she’s thankful that fire department arrived quickly and stopped the fire.
Update (~530p Friday the 13th) lightning strike R/O 1900blk Reedie Dr, trees, fence, shed burn up https://t.co/Sk9iMFB8mz pic.twitter.com/Vwp5QF3ETl
— Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) August 14, 2021
Nobody was reportedly hurt by the flames.
Below is a map of where the fire occurred.
