Lightning strike which destroyed business in Strabane ‘sounded like bomb going off’

The scene at O’Doherty and Sons 

A lightning strike which started a fire and destroyed a family business sounded like a car bomb going off, residents in Strabane have said.

The fire service has confirmed that the blaze which gutted coffin-makers O’Doherty and Sons on Railway Street was caused by lightning during storms on Sunday.