A lightning strike, late Tuesday evening, sparked a devastating house fire near the base of Mt. Lemmon, destroying a longtime resident’s home and leaving him with a little more than the clothes on his back.
Flames broke out around 6 p.m. near Snyder Road and Soldier Trail Road, where Rural Metro firefighters battled the blaze for nearly eight hours, finally extinguishing it around 2 a.m. Wednesday morning.
John Kraszewski, who lived in the home for 18 years, says he wasn’t home when the fire started…