Racine garage fire, possible lightning strike the cause
Racine Fire Department
RACINE, Wis. - The Racine Fire Department said a lightning strike may have sparked a garage fire during Thursday night's severe thunderstorms.
Local perspective:
Firefighters were called to a home near Virginia and Kinzie just before 6:40 p.m. They arrived within minutes and found smoke coming from a single-car garage with the fire inside.
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Emergency personnel shut off electricity and ventilated the garage. The fire was brought under control within 10 minutes.
The cause of the fire was a possible lightning strike to the garage, according to the fire department.
Damage to the garage was estimated at $3,000. Another $1,000 worth of contents inside the garage was damaged or lost.
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