Lightning strike 'likely' caused Holly Springs house fire

A lightning strike is the likely cause of a fire that burned a home in Holly Springs just hours after lightning sparked a fire at a Wake Forest home.
Posted 7/20/2025, 11:15:09 AM Updated 7/20/2025, 10:26:27 PM

MONDAY. WORKED ON THE TIMING OF

THOSE STORMS COMING UP. GRANT,

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALRIGHT,

LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE LIKELY

THE CAUSE OF 2 HOUSE FIRES THIS

WEEKEND ACROSS THE TRIANGLE.

ONE HOLLY SPRINGS, ONE IN WAKE

FOREST WRAL, VIEWERS CAPTURED

THESE VIDEOS OF THE LIGHTNING

ALL LAST NIGHT.

>> THE BUREAU'S HEIDI KIRK IS

NOW LIVE IN HOLLY SPRINGS AT

ONE OF THE HOMES THAT WERE

STRUCK. HEIDI, THE GOOD NEWS TO

EVERYBODY WAS THANKFULLY, OKAY.

>> ERIC, THAT'S CERTAINLY IS

THE GOOD NEWS AND YOU'LL BE

SHOCKED TO HEAR THAT OFF.

YOU SEE THE DAMAGE AT THIS HOME

IN HOLLY SPRINGS. TAKE A LOOK

UP AT THE ROOF THERE. YOU'RE

GONNA SEE. IT'S COMPLETELY

DESTROYED. NOW WE'VE ACTUALLY

RECEIVED SOME PHOTOS OF WHAT

THIS HOME LOOKED LIKE LAST

NIGHT AROUND 10 O'CLOCK WHEN

IT WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

NOW, TAKE A LOOK AT THESE

PHOTOS. AGAIN. HARD TO BELIEVE

THAT NO ONE WAS INJURED HERE.

AND IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE LAST

NIGHT, YOU CERTAINLY SAW THOSE

LIGHTNING STRIKES ALL ACROSS

THE TRIANGLE. WE ACTUALLY HAD

A NUMBER OF WRAL VIEWERS SEND

IN THESE IMAGES. SOME OF THEM

HARD TO BELIEVE NOW, OF COURSE,

WE SPOKE WITH THE NEIGHBORS

ACROSS FROM THIS HOME IN WAKE

COUNTY TELLING US THAT THEY

ACTUALLY HEARD THAT LIGHTNING

STRIKE AND THE THUNDER THAT

SURROUND IT. TAKE A LISTEN TO

WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY.

>> I WAS ACTUALLY SITTING

OUTSIDE ON OUR SCREEN PORCH.

AND I COULD FEEL THE VIBRATION

OF THE THUNDER THROUGH THE AIR.

I KNEW IT WAS CLOSE, BUT I

DIDN'T REALLY KNOW THAT HIT

ANYTHING.

>> NOW WE'VE BEEN TOLD BY THOSE

NEIGHBORS THAT THE FAMILY THAT

WAS DISPLACED HERE FROM THIS

HOME THAT THEY ARE STAYING WITH

FAMILY, THAT THEY'RE ALL OK,

JUST A LITTLE BIT SHAKEN UP.

NOW, WE SPOKE AT THE RALLY FIRE

DEPARTMENT THIS AFTERNOON WITH

SOME TIPS AND TRICKS ABOUT HOW

YOU CAN STAY SAFE FROM A

LIGHTNING STRIKE LIKE THIS AND

WELL, THEY'RE NOT ALL THAT

COMMON AND THERE'S NOTHING THAT

WE CAN DO TO AVOID THAT.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THESE

THINGS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT

YOU CAN DO IS TAKE SHELTER,

STAY AWAY FROM THE WINDOWS.

THEY SAY UNPLUG ANY ELECTRONIC

DEVICES, ESPECIALLY THOSE LARGE

ONES AND THAT CAN HELP YOU STAY

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