Lightning sparks multiple house fires across North Texas after Tuesday’s storm

FORT WORTH, Texas — A blue tarp now covers what remains of a Fort Worth roof, the only protection left after a lightning strike ignited the home during Tuesday’s severe storms. Neighbors described the moment of impact as visceral and jarring.

“I could feel it radiating through me like before it hit, and I just felt this weird shaking and vibrating,” said a woman who lives a few doors down from a house that was struck by lightning Tuesday.

The neighbor said smoke billowed so heavily from the structure that she could barely see through her own window…

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