CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. — A lightning strike sparked a fire at a home in a Chesterfield neighborhood as severe storms moved through Central Virginia on Saturday afternoon.
Chesterfield Fire and EMS crews were called to a house fire in the 5700 block of Country Manor Court around 4 p.m. That is in the Meadowbrook Farm neighborhood off Iron Bridge Road.
When firefighters arrived, they found smoke and flames coming from the home’s attic.
Officials said the Meadowbrook Farm blaze was one of three fires in Chesterfield sparked by lightning from storms Saturday afternoon…