Large house in Wake Forest struck by lightning
LONG THAT LASTS. COMING UP.
>> GRANT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH
TO THAT BREAKING NEWS NOW THIS
AFTERNOON, A LIGHTNING STRIKE
HIT A HOME IN WAKE FOREST
WRAL'S ALLEY CAT OF THE BAR
IS THERE WHERE FIRE CREWS ARE
CURRENTLY TRYING TO CLEAN UP
AFTER TACKLING THIS PROBLEM.
ALI.
>> YES, ERIC, JUST IN THE PAST
HOUR, WE'VE SEEN A MASSIVE
RESPONSE FROM FIRE CREWS AND WE
CAN SEE NOW THEY WENT FROM
ABOUT 10 FIRE TRUCKS OUT HERE
NOW DOWN TO 3. BUT YOU CAN SEE
SOME OF THAT DAMAGE FROM THIS
LIGHTNING STRIKE. YOU KIND OF
SEE EXACTLY WHERE IT STRUCK
THIS HOME RIGHT HERE ON IN WAKE
FOREST. NOW WE WANT TO TAKE
YOU TO EARLIER AND THIS WAS
AROUND 3.30, THIS AFTERNOON.
THIS IS VIDEO SHARED WITH US BY
A NEIGHBOR WHEN FIRE CREWS
SHOWED UP. YOU CAN SEE MULTIPLE
FIREFIGHTERS ON THE ROOF OF
THIS HOME AT USING A LADDER
TRUCK. THEY PUT OUT THE FIRE
WHICH SPREAD TO THE ATTIC AND
THE SECOND FLOOR, THE BATTALION
CHIEF ON THE SCENE TELLS ME
2 ADULTS WERE HOME, BUT THEY
WERE ABLE TO GET OUT AND THEY
WERE NOT HURT. IT ALL TURNED
INTO A HOUSE FIRE AS WELL.
SO THE RESIDENTS AGAIN GOT OUT
THEIR HOME IS DAMAGED RIGHT
NOW. AS YOU CAN SEE. AND THERE
IS SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE ATTIC
PART AND THE SECOND FLOOR AS
WELL. I DID SPEAK WITH SOME
NEIGHBORS WHO TOLD ME THAT THEY
HAVE WELL WATER. SO THEY WERE
CURIOUS WHY THESE FIREFIGHTERS
ARE HOW THESE FIREFIGHTERS WERE
TACKLING THIS FIRE. WILL THEY
SAID THEY HAD TO USE A HYDRANT
UP THE ROAD. LUCKILY THEY WERE
ABLE TO TACKLE THIS FIRE
QUICKLY AND SWIFTLY AND OF
COURSE, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP YOU
GUYS UPDATED REPORTING IN WAKE