A SLEMCO lineman is being hailed as a hero after taking quick action upon noticing a house fire on his way home from work.

HOLLYWOOD, Ala. (WHNT) — Hollywood Fire & Rescue said crews responded to a report of a lightning strike Saturday morning.

A house caught fire after it was struck by lightning in Shaler Township on Wednesday afternoon. Emergency crews were called ...

Pete Piringer, a spokesman for the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service (MCFRS), said about 65 firefighters were at the scene of the home on Amity Drive, which was likely struck by lightning ...

Right around 10 p.m., a lightning strike from a storm hit an eastern Holly Springs home on Sunset Oaks Drive in the Sunset ...

A lightning strike nearly hit a delivery driver in Wayne, New Jersey, as severe storms rolled through the area Monday. Home ...

A lightning strike is the likely cause of a fire that burned a home in Holly Springs just hours after lightning sparked a ...

Homes are struck by lightning more often than one may expect. The National Fire Protection Association says an average of 22,600 fires were started by lightning each year between 2007 and 2011.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — An Air Force veteran’s house was struck by lightning in Bartlett while he was out of town. Willie Hooper’s home was struck by lightning during Sunday’s seve… ...

Their home had been struck by lightning. “It felt like a bomb went off, like a big shake,” Callie Hoppe said. “At that point we hadn’t grasped exactly what had happened.” ...

In an exclusive interview with "Good Morning America," Amber Escudero-Kontostathis discusses being the sole survivor of a lightning strike near the White House on Aug. 4.