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Lightning strikes Irmo home

by WACH Fox News Center

Posted: 06.20.2010 at 9:11 PM

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Lightning is to blame for causing an Irmo home to erupt in flames.

The fire damages are believed to total $220,000. / Courtesy of: Scott Krause

IRMO -- Lightning is to blame for causing an Irmo residence to go up in flames Sunday.

Officials says they responded to the blaze at 106 Brassfield Court in Irmo just after 6:00 p.m.

According to Columbia Fire Chief Aubrey Jenkins, no one was injured in the incident, but the blaze has displaced four people.

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