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Limerick family lucky to escape as freak lightning strike sets roof on fire

Gardaí staffing a Covid-19 checkpoint helped save a family home from destruction after a “freak” lightning strike saw it catch fire.

Limerick family lucky to escape as freak lightning strike sets roof on fire

Thu, 21 May, 2020 - 18:08

Gardaí staffing a Covid-19 checkpoint helped save a family home from destruction after a “freak” lightning strike saw it catch fire. Photograph Press 22.

GARDAÍ staffing a Covid-19 checkpoint helped save a family home from destruction after a “freak” lightning strike saw it catch fire.

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