Lightning Strike To Blame For Large Tree Falling On Hollywood House, Displacing Residents

By Chelsea Jones, CBS Miami

July 20, 2023

HOLLYWOOD - A tree topples a home while a woman was inside Tuesday afternoon. Jamila Mendez says a lightning strike is to blame for a tree in her backyard coming down.

"You see your house and there's a hole in the wall and you don't know what's going on or what's going to happen. Or what's going to take place from there," said Mendez.

The collapse happened around 1 p.m. Mendez said her mother was inside the kitchen when the tree came down in her bedroom. Mendez, thankful her mother and pets are safe.

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