Crime & Safety

Lightning Strike May Have Caused House Fire

The Bartlett home is uninhabitable following the weekend blaze.

BARTLETT, IL – A Bartlett home is uninhabitable following a weekend fire. The blaze remains under investigation but a lightning a strike may have caused the fire, which broke out at about 5 a.m. at a home in the 1100 block of Independence Drive, according to the Daily Herald. No one was injured and the fire caused about $100,000 in damage.

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