Firefighters tackle two blazes in Fareham and Portsmouth after lightning strikes
FIREFIGHTERS have been sent to two fires this afternoon after homes were struck by lightning.
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Crews from Cosham were sent out at 2.14pm to a two-storey property in Sennen Place, Paulsgrove.
A statement from Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service said: ‘There is a small fire in the loft hatch which was caused by lightning.
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It was out just before 3.25pm.
And firefighters from Fareham and Gosport went out at 2.36pm to a house in Summerleigh Walk in Fareham after a fire caught hold in a roof after a lightning strike.