A fire on Douglas Road east of Main Street in Mishawaka started when a bolt of lightning hit a transformer box Wednesday night, June 22.
The lightning strike happened just before 10:45 p.m. across the street from a Mishawaka Fire Department station. Firefighters there immediately responded to the blaze and closed Douglas Road while they put out the fire.
Douglas Rd across the street from Station 3. Lines down blocking road. Douglas road being shutdown by MFD.
— Mishawaka Fire Dept (@MishawakaFIRE) June 23, 2016
See the fire in the video below from our news partners ABC 57.