'Massive bang' - Neighbours evacuated as lightning strikes Stoke-on-Trent home
Neighbours have reported hearing a 'massive bang' before being evacuated from their homes. Emergency services ordered them out of their properties on Bambury Street, in Longton, after lightning struck a house.
Police and firefighters have tonight cordoned off part of the street. It comes as Stoke-on-Trent has been rocked by thunderstorms with roads flooded, homes left without power, and water supplies hit.
The Met Office yellow weather warning for thunderstorms runs until 11.59pm tonight.
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One of the evacuated neighbours said: “We’d only just got home. It was about 5.30pm and we heard a massive bang. A car stopped outside and the driver shouted that the roof was on fire. I think about four homes, including ours, were evacuated. We’ve all been sat in one of the neighbours’ houses.”
StokeonTrentLive has approached Staffordshire Police and Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service for statements following tonight's incidents.
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