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Possible Lightning Strike Sparks Fire At Apartment Complex In Voorhees Township

VOORHEES TOWNSHIP, N.J. (CBS) - Officials are investigating if a lightning strike sparked a fire at an apartment complex in Voorhees Township overnight. The fire started around 2 a.m. Thursday at the complex on the 100 block of Kirkbride Road.

Possible Lightning Strike Sparks Fire At Apartment Complex In Voorhees Township

The blaze grew to three alarms. Crews quickly got the flames under control.

Eyewitness News talked with a man who says lightning struck his apartment.

"All of sudden the lightning struck right above the roof. I turn over to the side and look out the window and I saw amber," resident Justin Eisenmann said. "I saw smoke. I called 911, pulled the fire alarm, I started knocking on every door and we made sure everyone got out."

Fire officials are still trying to figure out the exact cause.

No one was seriously hurt.

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