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Safety Harbor Man Injured By Indirect Lightning Strike

Clearwater Fire & Rescue crews were called to a lightning strike in Safety Harbor just before 7 p.m.

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Clearwater police captured this photo of lightning in the Gulf earlier this summer.
Clearwater police captured this photo of lightning in the Gulf earlier this summer. (Clearwater Police)

SAFETY HARBOR, FL — Clearwater Fire & Rescue crews were called to a lightning strike in Safety Harbor just before 7 p.m.

at 355 FifthSt. N. A man was working in his yard at 355 5th St. when he received injuries from an indirect lightning strike. He was taken to Mease Countryside Hospital as a precaution.

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