Fla. Firefighters Give Detectors After Lightning Fire

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Firefighters were handing out smoke detectors in an Orange County neighborhood after lightning sparked a house fire there Friday night. Fire officials said the lightning strike started a fire in the attic of the Bay Hill neighborhood home at about 7:30 p.m. Friday. The electrical lines in the home were damaged, but the home was saved, firefighters said.

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Aug. 8, 2011

ORLANDO, Fla. --

Firefighters were handing out smoke detectors in an Orange County neighborhood after lightning sparked a house fire there Friday night.

Fire officials said the lightning strike started a fire in the attic of the Bay Hill neighborhood home at about 7:30 p.m. Friday.

The electrical lines in the home were damaged, but the home was saved, firefighters said.

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