Ocean City lightning strike sets beach umbrella shed on fire

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Thursday, August 15, 2019
Ocean City lightning strike sets beach umbrella shed on fire
Ocean City lightning strike sets beach umbrella shed on fire on August 14, 2019.

OCEAN CITY, New Jersey (WPVI) -- A bolt of lightning struck a shed in Ocean City, New Jersey, sparking a fire.



It happened Wednesday afternoon on the beach at 13th Street.



The lightning struck a rental umbrella storage shed.



Video shows moment lightning strikes Ocean City beach umbrella. (Video credit: Instagram: tree.hugger.7)


Action News viewer Meredith Forman from Radnor, Pennsylvania, sent us video that shows a small fire on the beach in the area of the shed.



No one was injured in the incident.



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