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Sycamore house hit by lightning
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A monsoon storm sweeping through Fountain Hills on Monday night brought lighting, but very little in the way of rain.
Fountain Hills Fire Department reports a vacant house on Sycamore Drive was struck by lightning at about 10:30 p.m.
Fire Chief Randy Roberts said firefighters found fire coming from the rear roof area of the structure, but were able to quickly extinguish the blaze.
Roberts said damage was confined to the section of the roof where the strike occurred, with minor damage to the interior of the home.
The homeowner was not immediately located.
The Maricopa County Flood Control District rain gauges around town collected only .08 inch at the Palisades Fire Station, .20-inch at the Stoneridge Dam, not too far from the location of the lightning fire and .04 was recorded at SunRidge Dam.
A storm over this past weekend recorded winds up to 47 miles per hour on Saturday at Fountain Park.