Lightning hits Renton home, throws man across room
Jul 13, 2012, 3:23 PM | Updated: 5:17 pm
Everyone heard the thunder Friday morning, but one Renton
man felt the lightning.
One of the hundreds of lightning strikes across the Puget
Sound region hit the 57-year-old man’s home on SE 104th St, blowing
him across
the room.
“That person has been transported to Valley Medical
Center with smoke inhalation,” said Assistant Renton Fire
Chief Erik Wallgren. The man is expected to fully recover.
Chief Wallgren says he had to call for help from five other
fire agencies because his firefighters were busy answering
dozens of alarm calls triggered by lightning strikes.
