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Lightning strikes a Dinwiddie residence

Posted at 8:23 PM, Sep 02, 2012
and last updated 2012-09-02 20:23:19-04

DINWIDDIE COUNTY, Va. (WTVR) – Dinwiddie Fire and EMS responded to a call around 6 p.m. on Sunday where lightning struck inside a home.

It happened on Boydton Plank Road.

Lightning hit the house through a stove.  A woman, who was sitting nearby, felt an electrical shock.  She refused to be taken to the hospital after EMS checked her.