Lightning Strike Damages Homes; Sparks Pole Fire; Thousands Lose Power

December 4, 2016

A lightning strike caused damage at two homes on Chippewa Way Sunday morning and sparked a utility pole fire in Molino as  thousands lost power in North Escambia.

Lightning apparently struck a home in the 11000 block of Chippewa Way just before 9:30 a.m. causing minor damage. The next door neighbor’s home also suffered damage to electronic items such as televisions.

There were no injuries reported.

Lightning also believed to be responsible for a transformer and utility pole fire on Molino road near the fire station about 10:15 Sunday morning. Gulf Power reported just four customers left without power as a result. About 10:45 Sunday morning, over 2,000 Gulf Power customers lost power in the Molino, Barth and Quintette areas due to another lightning strike.

Sunday afternoon, about 250 Escambia River Electric Cooperative customers lost power between two outages in Bratt and Nokomis for up to about three hours.

NorthEscambia.com photos by Kristi Barbour, click to enlarge.

Comments

2 Responses to “Lightning Strike Damages Homes; Sparks Pole Fire; Thousands Lose Power”

  1. William on December 4th, 2016 12:01 pm

    >>4 people my butt its knocked out power on hwy 196

    Reload the story. It was updated to say over 2,000 in the area lost power *later* but not when the pole was on fire. Perhaps it was cut as part of the repair process, but your power went our (per Gulf Power’s reporting) a half hour after the pole fire.

  2. Randy on December 4th, 2016 11:52 am

    4 people my butt its knocked out power on hwy 196

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