Fire crews remain at the scene of a house fire in North Clare this afternoon believed to have been started by a lightning strike.
The alarm was raised shortly after 3.00pm when emergency services received reports that a domestic property at Bishop’s Quarter on the N67 Ballyvaughan to Kinvara Road had suffered a lightning strike and was on fire.
Units of Clare County Fire and Rescue Service from Ennistymon station responded to the incident along with Gardaí. Three fire appliances including a water tanker were dispatched to the scene.
On arrival at the scene, emergency services found the roof of the property well alight and quickly set about tackling the blaze.
Details are still vague and it’s not clear whether there were any persons in the house at the time. However the property was empty when fire crews arrived.
Locals directed traffic at the scene keeping the roadway clear for arriving fire crews.
Clare was under a Status Yellow thunderstorm warning at the time which has since been upgraded to Orange. It’s known that there was a severe thunderstorm in the North Clare area around the time of the incident.
