Tragedy strikes: Lightning destroys Maricopa County home

The Brief

  • A family’s home in Maricopa County was destroyed by a monsoon storm’s lightning strike.
  • It happened on the night of July 2 near 122nd and Southern avenues.
  • Just two years ago, their neighbor’s home was also destroyed in a fire.

TOLLESON, Ariz. A Maricopa County family’s home was destroyed after being struck by lightning during the Valley’s first major monsoon storm.

Witnesses described seeing a “ball of fire” after the lightning hit.

The patriarch of this family built this home from the ground up, and now, three years later, devastation has hit.

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