Crime & Safety
Firefighters Knock Down Blaze at Home Hit by Lightning
Quickly passing thunderstorms Thursday morning caused tumultuous weather that set off the blaze.
There are no injuries in a fire at a home at 30 Schuyler Avenue in Middletown sparked by a lightning strike Thursday morning, according to NBC Connecticut.
A woman and her two young children were home during the blaze that and off a fire in the electrical panel in the basement, according to NBC.
Bricks from one-and-a-half-story circa 1939 cape's chimney were scattered along the front steps and lawn and its chimney was reduced to rubble.
Thunderstorms early Thursday passed through Middletown and there is a possibility of more storms this evening, according to Accuweather.
The residence, a quiet home off Hunting Hill Avenue in Middletown, is owned by Steven and Ricalde Woodhull, according to the assessor's database.
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