Lightning strikes spark structure fires across North Florida, South Georgia amid drought

Lightning strikes have sparked multiple structure fires across North Florida and South Georgia in recent days, a trend experts say is being fueled by a mix of Florida’s summer storms and lingering drought conditions.

In the past few days, lightning has been blamed for several structure fires, including a Jefferson County workshop, a Grady County house and two Tallahassee residences.

Ryan Truchelut, chief meteorologist at WeatherTiger, said it is not typical to see significant fire activity in North Florida during the summer…

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