(Dacula, Ga., August 9, 2018) – Please see the attached six-photos from the house fire due to lightning in the 3300 block of Ridgemill Circle, NE in Dacula.  The fire has been ruled a lightning strike by fire officials.  A mother and three children were home at the time and reported hearing a loud boom and the house shook.  The woman was on the phone with her husband at the time and said that the cable TV went out.  She went upstairs and discovered smoke filling the second floor of the home.  The mother and the three children escaped unharmed and there were no injuries reported.  The family sought refuge at a neighbor’s house across the street as firefighters worked to put the flames out during a strong thunderstorm.  Firefighters found flames coming from the roof over the front-left side of the two-story, wood-frame house when they arrived.  Firefighters quickly deployed fire attack hose lines and worked fast to bring the fire under control.  The fire burned a hole in the roof over a bedroom and caused extensive damage.  It appears that lightning may have hit the side of the home and traveled in via a utility line.

Equipment at the scene included: 4-Engines, 1-Ladder Truck,1-Squad, 1-Air & Light Unit, 2-Medic Units, 2-Battalion Chiefs and 1-PIO