Lightning Strikes Maple Grove Home Sunday Morning

As heavy rains and thunderstorms moved through Maple Grove Sunday, May 19, a Maple Grove home on the 9900 block of Troy Lane was struck by lightning.

Homeowner Deb McGray said the lightning hit the home shortly before 7 a.m. Sunday morning.

“I thought a bomb went off,” she said, stating the sound was “horrific.”

McGray said her husband went out the front door, saw the house on fire and advised her to call 911.  

Approximately 30 to 40 Maple Grove firefighters from two stations were at the home Sunday morning working on the home. Maple Grove Fire Chief Scott Anderson said 4 by 8 piece of the roof was “blown off by the lightning.”   

No injuries have been reported.

Crews were still on the scene around 8 a.m. Sunday morning investigating an area lower on the home where one of the homeowners had reported seeing fire and the roof. No flames were visable at that time.

“It is just awful,” McGray said.

The amount of damage to the home is unknown at this time.