(UPDATED) VIDEO: House Fire Started by Lightning

UPDATED: 8:30 p.m.

The scene has been cleared.

UPDATED: 7:40 p.m.

Homeowners at 629 Meldahl Lane have called emergency officials with a report that smoke is again coming from the roof of their home.

UPDATED: 5:58 p.m.

The scene has been cleared.

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Five are on scene at 629 Meldahl Lane in the city's north side after lightning reportedly struck the roof of a townhouse and started it on fire.

The call came in shortly after 3:30 p.m. as rain moved into the area.

As of 4:20 p.m., firefighters appeared to have the blaze under control and were looking for hot spots and waiting for the smoke to clear.

"It was loud!" wrote Healther Schultz on the Northfield Patch Facebook page. "It shook my whole house near Greenvale."

Joy Amunrud also wrote on Patch's Facebook page that the apparent lightning strike got her attention.

"I heard/felt a huge crack over on Lincoln Lane," she wrote. "I (bet) that is what it was."

The home, built in 1984, is owned by James Enestvedt, according to Dakota County property records.

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