Bolt out of the blue: Woman fears for life as lightning rips apart roof in Cork city

A woman whose roof was blown open by a massive lightning strike said she thought she was going to be killed.

Ber Condon, who is in her 60s, was still recovering yesterday after her bedroom ceiling caved in during the overnight incident in which her house and several others in Avonmore Park, Mayfield, on the northside of Cork City, were damaged.

“I was in total shock when it happened. I still am. I thought I was going to be killed, to be honest,” she said.