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Blitzed by terror bolt
Daily Express
|September 19, 2023
FAMILY homes were set ablaze by a bolt of lightning as terrifying thunderstorms and torrential downpours battered Britain yesterday.
The roof of a mid-terraced property suffered a direct hit at Corfe Mullen, near Poole in Dorset, just after midnight - with the fire spreading to a house next door.
Neighbours spoke of "a loud explosion" and a flash of white light as the £400,000 property was struck.
Some 30 firefighters battled for two-and-a-half hours to put out the inferno. Luckily the women living in both houses were woken by the strike and fled uninjured.
Neighbour Warren Windebank, 47, said: "I saw the roof was on fire and did not know if anyone was inside.
This story is from the September 19, 2023 edition of Daily Express.
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