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Feb. 25, 2018 - A lightning strike caused an explosion & fire, at an oil storage facility in Gonzales County. [193] April 3, 2018 - A tank battery fire caught fire from a lightning strike, in Rusk County. [194] April 14, 2018 - A tank battery caught fire in Caldwell County. [195] April 28, 2018 - A tank battery exploded and burned, in Reeves ...
Other physical injury can be caused by objects damaged or thrown by the lightning strike. For example, lightning striking a nearby tree may vaporize sap, and the steam explosion often causes bark and wood fragments to be explosively ejected. Lightning strikes can also induce a transient paralysis known as 'keraunoparalysis'. [3]
It was a result of a transmission failure due to a lightning strike on power lines. A second lightning strike caused the loss of two more overhead power lines, and the last power connection between New York City and the Northwest. The power outage resulted in high instances of looting occurring over 26 hours. [38]
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Firefighters with the Florida Forest Service and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue battled a smoldering blaze at a coconut palm tree farm for hours Friday morning and afternoon.
By evening, Louisiana State Police had determined a lightning strike caused the single-tank fire at the Calcasieu Refining Co. tank farm in Lake Charles shortly before 2 p.m., the agency said.
A waterspout over Cudjoe Bay moved ashore and impacted a residential resort, snapping numerous tree limbs. A palm tree was snapped 15 ft (4.6 m) above ground level; the upper portion of which landed on a manufactured residence, damaging a wall and scattering roof panels up to 300 yd (270 m) away.
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