Volunteer firefighters responded to several reported house fires Thursday night while drenching thunderstorms rolled through the area – with at least three reported lightning strikes.
At 10:20 p.m. firefighters from Leonardtown, Hollywood, Seventh District and Bay District were dispatched to a fire in the vicinity of Megan Lane and Ryan Way, Leonardtown.
Arriving units encountered a well-off fire in a large garage with a mobile home inside.
Firefighters worked on the fire for nearly an hour, with a Seventh District truck shuttling water from a hydrant at Leonardtown Middle School.
At 10:40 p.m. a call went out for a house fire on Golden Eye Drive, Callaway. Arriving firefighters encountered fire on the second floor of a dwelling.
Shortly after, a lightning strike was reported at a house on Post Oak Road in St. Inigoes. The homeowner reported lightning hit in between two houses, causing smoke and a strange smell inside.
A truck from Solomon’s Volunteer Fire Department filled in at Bay District Co. 3 during the rush of calls.
Later in the evening, Leonardtown and Seventh District firefighters responded to a house fire on Hurry Road in Clements. A lightning strike was reported at 1:12 a.m., causing an electrical fire.
The Bay Net will bring more information on these fires when it becomes available.
See images below for scenes from the Ryan Way garage fire.
The Bay Net reader Marti Lloyd, who lives next to the Post Oak Road house firefighters responded to, send the two pictures below of his tree that ws also struck.
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