During the early morning hours of October 6th, a complex of thunderstorms moved across portions of central Indiana. One of these thunderstorms produced a lightning strike that started a fire that lead to damage to 3 homes on the southeast side of Indianapolis Indiana.
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The episode as NWS IND wrote it up.
During the early morning hours of October 6th, a complex of thunderstorms moved across portions of central Indiana. One of these thunderstorms produced a lightning strike that started a fire that lead to damage to 3 homes on the southeast side of Indianapolis Indiana.
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 26 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:47 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A lightning strike caused a fire in a residential neighborhood on the southeast side of Indianapolis Indiana. This fire led to damage at 3 residences. A firefighter was hospitalized for possible heat exhaustion after attempting to put out the fire.
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