Fire crews responded to a two-story apartment complex structure fire that was sparked by lightning in Sylmar. The fire was ...

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L.A. firefighters have confirmed that lightning was the cause of a fire that engulfed a palm tree in Sylmar and extended to ...

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“I’ve never seen anything like it,” Irvin wrote in a text. He added no one was injured due to the lightning strike, but estimated at least five or six homes were hit by debris causing damage ...

SYLMAR, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Los Angeles firefighters have confirmed that lightning was the cause of a fire that engulfed a palm tree in Sylmar and extended to the side of a two-story residence ...