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Lightning ignites house fire

Posted: 05.17.2012 at 9:09 PM

Darryl Hood

Darryl Hood is the anchor of WACH Fox News at Ten.

BLYTHEWOOD, SC (WACH) -- According to the Columbia-Richland Fire Department lightning sparked a house fire in Blythewood Thursday afternoon as storms moved through the Midlands.

The house, on North Firetower Road, sustained about $50,000 in damages. No one was home at the time of the fire and no one was injured as a result of the fire.

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