Lightning — Collier, Florida

2015-06-22 · near Naples, Collier, Florida

Event narrative

Lightning struck a house in the Aqualane Shores Neighborhood in Naples around 6 PM EDT. Fire-Rescue crews reported heavy smoke and fire coming out of the attic of the two-story house. It took crews close to three hours to extinguish the fire. The house sustained very heavy fire, smoke, heat and water damages with the losses estimated at close to $2 million dollars when factoring both structural and content losses. A firefighter was injured when a section of ceiling collapsed on the second floor, knocking him to the ground and causing shoulder and back injuries. He was transported to a local hospital.

Wider weather episode

A moist and unstable environment caused scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 589366. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.