Officials: Lightning causes house fire in Outagamie County

  • Source: WLUK TV Fox 11
  • Published: 04/20/2017 07:18 AM

VIDEO: No one was injured after an overnight house fire in Outagamie County. It broke out around 1:30 at a home on Valley View Drive in the Town of Ellington. Officials say lightning hit a gas meter. "Gas meter hit by lightning. When we got on scene, we found a one story single family home with fire coming out of the roof already," said Ellington Fire Chief Jim Bentle. Two people were inside the home. As of 4 a.m., crews were still putting out hot spots.



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