Lightning Starts Fire, Destroys Owasso Home

An Owasso home near the high school hit by lightning early Wednesday was destroyed by fire.

Deputy Fire Chief David Hurst says they got the call at around 4:30 a.m. to a home in the 9000 block of North 138th East Avenue.

Hurst said no one in the home was injured.

The Owasso fire was second time a Tulsa County home was hit by lightning early Wednesday.  

A Skiatook home was also destroyed in a fire caused by a lightning strike.

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