Baden-Württemberg: Lightning strike devastates property in Allgäu

Wangen (dpa / lsw) - A lightning strike caused major damage to a residential building in Wangen im Allgäu.

Baden-Württemberg: Lightning strike devastates property in Allgäu

Wangen (dpa / lsw) - A lightning strike caused major damage to a residential building in Wangen im Allgäu. The lightning first struck a noise barrier on a street, a police spokeswoman said on Friday. Then the lightning in the garden of the adjacent house in the Ravensburg district tore a ditch, threw floor panels against the roof of the house and caused a smoldering fire on cables in the basement. No one was injured in the incident on Friday night. The fire brigade extinguished the fire wall.