This was the view from our deck last night. We were sitting in the sunroom eating dinner when we heard and saw a firetruck coming down the main road of our subdivision, but it never passed the display homes that back up to our yards and never went down any of the other courts. Then we saw a police car that did the same thing. Then a 2nd firetruck and a 3rd. So we sent Brian out down the street to investigate and about that time we saw firefighters run around the back of the first display home with an axe and start busting out the sliding glass door and other windows in the basement. Black smoke just started pouring out. Then I realized all the windows of that house (which usually are clear enough to see the furniture and curtains inside) were totally black.
The initial report is that lightning struck the gas line...apparently there is a huge hole in the dining room floor. The front of the house is sporting melted fascia and charred furniture. What a blessing that it was no one's home....that it was a holiday so the model was closed when the lightning struck...that nothing meaningful was inside.....that the firefighters responded so quickly.
What was amazing was that within 10 minutes at the most there were 7 firetrucks (from Wentzville, LSL, and New Melle), at least one ambulance, multiple police cars and fire rescue vehicles. I'd say that's a pretty quick response!
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