Lightning strike may have caused house fire in Arlington, reports say
A house caught fire in north Arlington on Sunday, possibly due to lightning during a severe thunderstorm, according to media reports.
The home at Royal Glen Drive was in flames at about 4:45 p.m., Fox 4 News reported. A thunderstorm hit Dallas-Fort Worth from about 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., and the National Weather Service warned that severe lightning was possible. Severe thunderstorm warnings were issued in Tarrant, Denton, Collin and Dallas counties.
A passing driver caught video of flames shooting through the roof of the home at about 5 p.m.
“The lightning must have struck this house, it’s on fire,” Taylor Allen says in the video.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation, but fire crews told Fox 4 it was likely caused by lightning.
This story was originally published August 1, 2021 at 8:04 PM.
