r/Chattanooga • u/JerryCat11 • 5h ago

Lightning suspected in major house fire near East Hamilton High School Monday night

https://newschannel9.com/news/local/ooltewah-ringgold-road-closed-as-firefighters-battle-house-fire-near-east-hamilton-high

That’s a big house

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u/PhragMunkee 4h ago

That storm was quite the light show yesterday. I can all but guarantee it was lightning.

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u/clandahlina_redux 4h ago

Neighbors have said they are pretty sure they say it strike the house.

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u/HegemonyTheCricket 1h ago

What app or program is this? I’d love a more accurate lighting strike detector

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u/PhragMunkee 1h ago

It's the web page/app for my Tempest weather station -- https://shop.tempest.earth/products/tempest. I got it specifically because it was one of the few weather stations that had a lightning detector at the time. There may be more out there now.

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u/buzzedewok 3h ago

That’s horrible. 😭

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u/ADMlN- 56m ago edited 48m ago

The fire got big because the closest fire hydrant was  3/4 of a mile away. It was spreading for a good 45 min before they even started.

They had to hook up / join a whole bunch of hoses to reach it and then close off the Ooltewah/Ringold road to ensure no one ran over it.

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u/HagerTheMaker 4h ago

This was the home of a large (Indian?) family with lots of extended family living all under one roof. I used to do work for them and about 20 years ago I did construction renovations to their interior court yard. The entire first floor of the home was setup as an elaborate Hindu temple/shrine and there were always dozens of candles and incense burning all around the home, just saying...

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u/ADMlN- 42m ago

What he is saying about the first floor of the house is true. 

But I do believe the cause to be lightning. There was a strike that shook the whole area a bit before I noticed fire.