Firefighters say the family who lived in a Windermere home had left just minutes before it was hit by lightning, and that to their horror, they learned it was their house that was on fire by looking at the Orange County Fire Rescue website.Video from a neighbor shows how high the flames were over the home.Orange County Fire Rescue officials said they believe the fire started around 4:30 p.m. after the house was hit by lightning during an intense thunderstorm.Firefighters say the flames engulfed the house quickly.Luckily, the family who lives there wasn’t home at the time, but the house was destroyed.Neighbors say they’ll be there for them through it all.There was some discussion by neighbors about the fact that the neighborhood really only has one nearby fire hydrant, but firefighters said they are well-trained in using water tanker trucks in situations like these and that their firefighters did the best they could.
Firefighters say the family who lived in a Windermere home had left just minutes before it was hit by lightning, and that to their horror, they learned it was their house that was on fire by looking at the Orange County Fire Rescue website.
Video from a neighbor shows how high the flames were over the home.
Orange County Fire Rescue officials said they believe the fire started around 4:30 p.m. after the house was hit by lightning during an intense thunderstorm.
Firefighters say the flames engulfed the house quickly.
Luckily, the family who lives there wasn’t home at the time, but the house was destroyed.
Neighbors say they’ll be there for them through it all.
There was some discussion by neighbors about the fact that the neighborhood really only has one nearby fire hydrant, but firefighters said they are well-trained in using water tanker trucks in situations like these and that their firefighters did the best they could.
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