Lightning damages South Yardley house

Apr 15 2009 By Kat Keogh

No other injuries or major damage were immediately reported.

Ten firefighters from Sheldon were called to the house to carry out salvage work and make the property safe.

Electrical and structural engines were later at the scene to assess the damage.

Heavy downpours have caused flash flooding in parts of Birmingham and Sutton Coldfield.

Fire crews were also called to Pool Road in Halesowen, after a lamppost was struck by lightning.

The lamppost had to be cordoned off after it was left “precariously balanced” against a tree. Fire stations in the Black Country also reported several call-outs to fire alarms set-off by the thunder.

The stormy weather was expected to clear by early afternoon but a spokesman for the Met Office said there will still be a risk of thundery showers lasting into the evening.

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