Lightning Strikes Spark House Fires Across North Texas
MCKINNEY (CBSDFW.COM) - Investigators believe lightning is likely to blame for a fire that heavily damaged a new home in McKinney early Sunday.
Firefighters were called to the house in the 1000 block of Fallon Drive just after 1:30 a.m. When they arrived, they found flames and smoke shooting from the roof.
Firefighters in Fort Worth, Burleson, Frisco and McKinney all battled possible lightning-strike house fires as the storms moved through. Photographer Michael O'Keefe at First Response Photography caught the images at this home on Fallon Drive in McKinney. No reports of injuries at any of the fires. http://cbsloc.al/2yG7VeC
Posted by CBS DFW on Sunday, October 22, 2017
(Video: Michael O'Keefe/First Response Photography)
Officials said the home had just been finished and was not yet occupied.
No one was hurt.
Firefighters also battled possible lightning-strike fires in Fort Worth and Frisco overnight.
On Clairmont Drive in Burleson, heavy flames were seen coming from the roof of a house there. Fort Worth firefighters assisted in fighting the flames.
Investigators will determine the exact cause for each fire along with a damage amount.