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Yesterday I was driving around with my daughter and I spotted this empty derelict house on the outskirts of town. Looks like a typical 1930s property and I'm not sure if it had a fire or whether it's just empty and neglected. 

Speaking of fire, we were woken up at 6am this morning by the loudest crack of thunder I've ever heard in my life, we thought something had exploded out in the street. Turned out we'd had a couple of lightning strikes that had struck something, we weren't sure what but as it happened one of the buildings in town had been hit and was on fire. Our neighbour across the road had called the fire department who turned up for about half an hour so no idea what happened there.  

Linking up with Weekend Reflections, All Seasons and the Weekend Roundup.

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Taken For Granted said…
That is a dark sky over that abandoned house. A dramatic and moody photo.
3 February 2024 at 12:22
magiceye said…
Derelict houses make for lovely photos!
3 February 2024 at 18:37
Graham Edwards said…
We rarely get thunderstorms fortunately but I've seen thunderbolts blow holes in buildings and one very very old and remote house on the Island was hit and destroyed a few years ago. Fortunately the sleeping occupants got out.
3 February 2024 at 20:38
Tom said…
...this is sad, but I love to photograph scenes like this.
4 February 2024 at 03:05
Bipolaroid said…
Power of Mother Nature is mighty. When she´s unhappy we - the people - are quite small and very humble.
4 February 2024 at 03:21
Yogi♪♪♪ said…
That looks like it might have been a nice house at one time.
4 February 2024 at 04:16
local alien said…
I wish all these old houses could be restored. Or we could see a 'before' photo. It looks like a classic farmhouse
4 February 2024 at 05:00
Sharon said…
That is scary! I experienced one of those loud cracks just last fall. The flash of light and the loud crash were almost right together. It must have been close but luckily, nothing caught fire.
4 February 2024 at 05:05
DawnTreader said…
That's scary, waking up to a noise like that and not knowing what it's about...
4 February 2024 at 05:18
Kenneth Cole Schneider said…
Someone probably has fond memories of that home, sited nicely. Sad to see its skeleton.
6 February 2024 at 04:37
Lydia C. Lee said…
Wow. Scary stuff that close. #Allseasons
6 February 2024 at 08:09
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