Lightning Strike Causes Fire In Edgewater Park (Video)

A fire displaced a number of people this week after a lightning like struck a South Jersey condominium complex, police said.

Two firefighters were injured in the fire that tarted around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday and burned through the Arbor Green condo complex on Green Street in Edgewater Park, police said.

The fire was brought under control by 9 p.m., police said. The American Red Cross is assisting residents of the 16-unit complex.

The fire was caused by a lightning strike or "action subsequent to a nearby lightning strike," police said.

Upon smelling smoke and seeing fire, residents evacuated the two buildings. Local residents of the complex went door-to-door notifying residents to get out of their apartments and escape the fast moving/spreading fire, said Police Chief Gene J. DiFilippo

Both of the buildings that were involved in the fire were very severely damaged, and the fire caused the destruction of most of the property belonging to every resident, the chief said.

Residents were told to stay away from the site on Wednesday and Thursday because it was too dangerous.

Here is a video and a picture of the aftermath:

Photos courtesy of Bill Des Champs‏