WEATHER: Lightning causes local power outages

Journal staff About 500 Bluewater Power customers were without power Thursday night as a result of lightning in the area, officials said, though power was restored around 11:30 p.m.

Published: June 15th, 2023

WEATHER: Lightning causes local power outages

Journal staff

About 500 Bluewater Power customers were without power Thursday night as a result of lightning in the area, officials said, though power was restored around 11:30 p.m.

Sarnia Police also responded to reports of a tree that fell onto a home after being struck by lightning.

“No injuries to anyone,” Police noted. “City Works attending to remove tree.”

Meanwhile, a Corunna resident captured this photo of a nearby fire as a result of a lightning strike in the parking lot of a townhouse complex. St. Clair Township firefighters were quick to respond.

A Corunna resident captured this image following a lighting strike in a parking lot, Thursday night. (TJ Beauvais, Facebook.)

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