| At 5:15 Sunday evening, South Salem Firefighters were requested to respond to a house on Patriot Pass in Waacabuc. The dispatch was for a house struck by lightning with an odor of smoke in the residence. A full Department response was quickly on the road consisting of the three chiefs, two engines, tanker, rescue, and fire police with the utility.
As units arrived all levels of the house were checked for fire and structural damage that may have resulted from the lightning strike. There was visible damage to the exterior and roof of the structure, but no fire or smoke.
Firefighters cleared within thirty minutes. |
