‘Oh, it was bad’: Lightning strike sets Alpharetta apartment building on fire, forces residents out

Two dozen residents of an Alpharetta apartment complex spent hours Friday loading up their belongings after lighting struck their building, sparking a fire.

“Oh, it was bad,” said Samantha Marvell, who lives at the Woodhaven at Park Bridge off Old Milton Parkway.

She was working on her computer in Building 1000 when the sky darkened and thunder rumbled Tuesday afternoon. Then came a mighty crash…

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