Caught on camera: The moment lightning strikes Miami-Dade home, sparking fire

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – A person’s doorbell digital camera caught the second lightning struck his southwest Miami-Dade County residence, sparking a fireplace on its roof.

All of it occurred Monday afternoon at Emmanuel Cobb’s residence within the 22600 block of Southwest 109th Courtroom.

“I simply heard a loud bang,” Cobb stated. “I knew it struck shut, however I didn’t understand it struck the home itself.”

Cobb stated the lights flickered on and off and he quickly heard firefighters banging on his door, telling him to get out. He shortly discovered that the lightning struck his roof, catching it on fireplace.

“All I noticed was smoke,” he stated.

Miami-Dade Hearth Rescue crews shortly doused the flames utilizing their ladder truck and nobody was damage. The lightning left a scar on Cobb’s roof, nonetheless: our Native 10 Drone digital camera noticed barrel tile shingles shattered.

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Hearth officers stated that is the time of yr when lightning strikes extra incessantly.

“It’s one thing that we run on fairly often, lightning strikes on roofs,” MDFR Battalion Chief Ivan Garcia stated. “If we don’t get right here shortly, they normally develop into large fires, however we now have items very carefully to nearly all of our neighborhoods and get (there) shortly and knock it out earlier than it turns into an enormous drawback.”