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Thursday, 19 March 2009 |
 From left to right are Bourbon firefighers Tyson Horter, Matt Stevens and Scott Ellinger as they spray the burnt area where lightning shot out the back of the home at 10155 Gumwood Rd. in Bourbon Wednesday. Photo by Angel Perkins By Angel Perkins Correspondent
BOURBON — Ironically, as the nation was brought to the awareness of Severe Weather Preparedness Week, Bourbon firefighters were busy Wednesday with putting out a fire at the Wadel home at 10155 Gumwood Rd. because of a lightning strike that snuck through the clouds during a passing storm.
The bolt snaked down a tree at the front of the home; the current traveled to the aluminum gutter surround referred to as a "faschia" before then shooting out the back of the home right under the roofline at the chimneys.The damage caused by the strike, not including any water damage, or electric re-wiring that may be needed-was estimated at roughly $1,000. Homeowner Laverne Wadel was at work when the lightning hit the home he and his family have lived in for the past seven years at about 2:15 p.m., but his wife Donelly, their daughter, 3-year-old Lindsay and son, 21-month-old Gareth, were inside the home at the time.
"There was a flash and a crash," Donelly explained. "I smelled the smoke and we got out."
The three, plus the family dog Teddy, sought shelter within the family's mini-van until firefighters cleared the scene for re-entry.
Bourbon Fire Department volunteers managed the scene and were assisted by Multi-Township EMS.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 20 March 2009 )
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