Lightning strike sets Charlotte County apartment ablaze – GC NEWS
Francesco Abbruzzino, The Uncensored Report, LLC
Charlotte County Public Safety
At 6:22 p.m., Charlotte County Fire & EMS was dispatched to an apartment complex on Rampart Boulevard for reports of an apartment fire.
Engine 12 arrived to find a two-story apartment building with fire showing from the roof. Crews worked to clear the structure while firefighters attacked the fire from inside the building and from the roof.
The fire was contained to one apartment unit. A neighboring unit sustained water intrusion as a result of firefighting operations.
There were no injuries reported.
The fire was determined to have been caused by a lightning strike.
Responding units: Engines 1, 6, 7, 11 and 12; Truck 12; Rescues 6, 10 and 12; Battalions 1 and 2; and a Charlotte County fire investigator