Friday evening a house caught fire, I assume from a lightening strike, although the news has not confirmed that. The house is just down the street from us. Firefighters shut down Penny Rd. while battling the fire as they had to truck water in. We have no fire hydrants since we are outside city limits.
We drove by the house this afternoon. There is nothing left except for 2 brick chimneys. I was surprised at the amount of damage given that the house was built with brick.
I was also amazed at the amount of looky-loos that are driving by the house. We only drove by because it is right next door. I would never imagine packing the family up and going to look at a burned out house after hearing about it on the TV or reading about it on the web.
Here is an aerial shot of the house compliments of Google. Apparently it rekindled last night and the fire department had to return. It’s actually still smoking a bit.
