Crime & Safety
Lightning Sparks Blaze, Electrocutes Worker in Lexington
Lightning strikes caused chaos in Lexington Wednesday.
Lightning strikes on Wednesday morning lit a Lexington home on fire and electrocuted a golf course worker.
One of the people inside the home at 20 Tufts Rd. said the strike sounded like "an explosion" in the attic, WHDH/7News reported.
"When I opened the door there was fire on the stairs," Alan Jin told WHDH. "We just all went outside."
The fire caused $150,000 worth of damage to the home, according to MyFoxBoston.com.
At about the same time Wednesday, a Lexington Golf Club worker was electrocuted when a lightning strike caused a surge while he was working on an electrical panel, according to Fox.
The worker was treated and released from a local hospital.
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