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SANTA ROSA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — A fire in Santa Rosa County was among a number of Friday night blazes in Northwest Florida.
The fire happened in a shed on Melissa Oaks Drive in Midway. This was one of several fires across the southern part of the county that were reported as a severe thunderstorm rolled through.
“Midway fire units were on East Bay Boulevard responding to a report of a home struck by lightning in Navarre when they were canceled from that call and redirected to the shed fire on Melissa Oaks Drive,” a news release said…