Emergency services were called to a house fire in St Leonards late on Thursday night (13 June) after a residential property on Cliftonville Road was reportedly struck by lightning during a thunderstorm.
The East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service received the first call at 10.50pm, quickly deploying four fire engines and an Aerial Ladder Platform to the scene. Fire crews from The Ridge, Bohemia Road, Broad Oak, and Bexhill attended the incident.
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Fire Believed to Be Lightning-Related
A spokesperson for the fire service said: