A lightning strike was the cause of a fire that destroyed a 100-year-old home in Gordon, GA.
Judy Brown, who lived in the house with her husband for the past 50 years told 13WMAZ that she was heartbroken.
"I lost all of my pictures and I lost all of my jewelry, my wedding rings, his wedding ring, everything. It just broke my heart to know that that part of my life was gone,” she said.
Brown said her son called her to tell her that someone saw lightning hit the tree in front of her house and it started the fire.
Gordon Volunteer Fire Chief Terry Eady was the only person to respond until fire trucks arrived 12 minutes later from Irwinton and McIntyre.
"Any given day, we may not have a fireman, and then we have to rely on just myself and a few volunteers,” he told 13WMAZ.
