‘My life is here’: Windermere apartment units condemned after lightning strike

WINDERMERE, Fla. – Orange County condemned a Windermere apartment building Wednesday, days after a presumed lightning strike sparked a fire at the building.

“I was crying so much,” Lizelba Garcia, a tenant at Buena Vista Place, said about the days following the lightning strike. “My life is here.”

Garcia, who has lived at the apartment complex for 14 years, was at church with her family Sunday when she learned about the fire. Her Ring camera footage showed firefighters trying to contain the flames…

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