Home struck by lightning, explodes in North Carolina

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — The windows of a home in Raleigh were blown out after a lightning strike Tuesday night.

According to the Raleigh Fire Department, crews responded to a home on Yarmouth Road Tuesday night in response to a potential explosion.

Risk of severe weather, storms on Wednesday night in Triad

When crews arrived, they found the lower windows of the home had been blown out.

Raleigh fire said a preliminary investigation revealed that lightning has struck the home earlier, which caused a gas leak. That gas leak caused the blowout that destroyed the windows…

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