JONESVILLE – Crews from the Newberry and Gainesville Fire Departments, as well as Alachua County Fire Rescue responded to the Jonesville area for a residential building fire in a two-story single family home. It was determined that lightning struck the roof causing fire to spread into the attic area. A passerby called the Combined Communications Center on Thursday, May 11, at 5:45 a.m. and stated that they just drove by the house and said, “The roof is on fire.”
The first fire engine arrived in about seven minutes and relayed that there was smoke and flames coming from the roof of the house and that they had a “working fire.”
All three departments worked to contain and extinguish the fire. There were no injuries reported. The power had to be disconnected, and Red Cross was contacted to assist the family.
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Lightning Strike Causes Jonesville Home Fire
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