West Mids fire crews respond after homes struck by lightning
Three properties affected, but no serious injuries
Firefighters have responded to two West Midlands homes struck by lightning. At 10.04am on Monday (12 August), we were called to Cardoness Place, Lower Gornal. The first of our crews arrived within three minutes of being mobilised. In all, we sent a 4×4 brigade response vehicle, three fire engines and an aerial platform. The fire resulting from the lightning strike damaged around a third of the roof and also affected the first floor. It was extinguished using hose reels by firefighters in breathing apparatus. Less than an hour later (10.51am), four fire crews, an aerial platform and our drone team responded to Greenvale Avenue, Sheldon, where fire from a lightning strike destroyed the roof of a terraced house. A nearby telegraph pole was damaged by a secondary strike. We understand that the ambulance service took a neighbour to hospital for precautionary checks, and assessed four more people after a property was struck in nearby Mapledene Road.
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