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  title: "US: Lightning ignited house"
  source: wacotrib.com
  author: Ken Sury
  summary: "Waco, Texas - Fire officials determined that a lightning bolt around 10 a.m. today caused a ranch-style house at 3920 Austin Ave. to catch fire.

Its owner, 63-year-old Dub Allen, is a tugboat operator, who was out-of-town at the time of the fire.

Waco fire investigator Charles Lindorfer said lightning struck a metal chimney near the back of the house. The fire caused extensive water and smoke damage, he said, however, the contents in the home were not a total loss."
	text: ""I heard a huge clap of thunder," said Mavis Nix, who lives across the street. "Then, my neighbors came by to tell me that smoke was shooting out of (Allen's) house."

Below is a shot of a firefighter working on the roof of the house taken by photo editor Rod Aydelotte:

<table align="center"><tr><td align="center"><a href="/image/image/8992/austin-fire-ra-thumb.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="/image/image/8992/medium/austin-fire-ra-thumb.jpg" alt="Texas house fire" title="Click to enlarge" border="0" /></a></td></tr><tr><td align="center" class="tiny">&copy;Rod Aydelotte</td></tr></table>"
  comment: ""
  date: Tue May 13 02:10:00 -0400 2008
  type: Article
  id: "156655"
  votes: "9"
  link: "http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/breakingnews/entries/2008/05/13/fire_update_lightning_ignited.html"
  classification_id: "4"