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Lightning Sparks Fire at Hillsborough County Home

GIBSONTON, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA, JUN 21 – Firefighters contained the attic blaze within 20 minutes, preventing spread and injuries, after a lightning strike ignited the fire in a Gibsonton home, officials said.

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GIBSONTON, Fla. (WFLA) — A Hillsborough County residence caught fire Friday after being struck by lightning. According to the Hillsborough County Fire Rescue, at 4:57 p.m. crews responded to reports of smoke and flames emitting from the roof of a two-story home on Northern Lights Drive in Gibsonton. Credit: Hillsborough County Fire Rescue Responders were able to bring the blaze under control within 20 minutes of their arrival and managed to conf…

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June 20, 2025 – SHELBY CONDATE, Alabama – Agencies. Lightning caused a hidden fire in the attic of a house in Brook Highland on Tuesday afternoon, prompting a rapid response from the Cahaba Valley firefighters. Shortly before 2:30 p.m., the firefighters came to a house in Somerset Ridge, after the owners reported smoke inside. From the outside, the two-story house seemed intact, but the firefighters quickly discovered the opposite. “When we arri…

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The Free Press (Tampa) broke the news in Tampa, United States on Friday, June 20, 2025.
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