Lightning strikes trigger Apex, Cary and Wake Forest house fire calls, officials say
APEX, N.C. (WNCN) — As heavy storms with dozens of lightning strikes moved through Wake County and central North Carolina on Saturday, three fire d...
APEX, N.C. (WNCN) — As heavy storms with dozens of lightning strikes moved through Wake County and central North Carolina on Saturday, three fire departments were called to homes for possible fires after the houses were hit by lightning, officials said. The lightning also caused a nearly 2-hour delay in the North Carolina State University football game against Notre Dame. The first house fire from a lightning strike happened just after 9:30 a.m. near Apex in the 1300 block of Elk River Drive, according to Jeff Harrison, Apex assistant fire chief of operations.