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Pop up storms once again rock the Midstate. We've been monitoring the storms all evening. Firefighters say lightning has sparked 2 house fires, one in Clarksville and the other in White House. The house on Oak Glen Lane in Clarksville is a total loss. It all started when lightning struck the home late this afternoon. Cell phone video captures the size of the fire. We are told the lightning somehow got into the home's gas line and exploded out the fireplace. Neighbors tell us a teenage boy was home alone at the time, and he ran across the street for help. The house could not be saved. The fire spread very quickly. We talked with a neighbor who was there at the time and heard the lightning strike.
"I felt the sound and I heard it, and it was like our house just snapped, so it was really loud and really amplified and we ran out, we saw just a little bit, and then we just saw it explode," says Leena Patel. "So we watched it just get bigger and bigger and bigger."
Thankfully, no one was hurt in this fire, and no other homes in the neighborhood were damaged. The Red Cross is providing assistance to the family who lives there. We are told they are staying with other family members who live in the area.
"I felt the sound and I heard it, and it was like our house just snapped, so it was really loud and really amplified and we ran out, we saw just a little bit, and then we just saw it explode," says Leena Patel. "So we watched it just get bigger and bigger and bigger."
Thankfully, no one was hurt in this fire, and no other homes in the neighborhood were damaged. The Red Cross is providing assistance to the family who lives there. We are told they are staying with other family members who live in the area.
Wednesday, July 18 2012, 10:27 PM CDT
Tennessee News
Haslam's chief deputy Claude Ramsey to retire
June 19, 2013 16:41 GMT
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Gov. Bill Haslam says chief deputy Claude Ramsey is retiring at the end of August to spend more time with his family in Chattanooga.
The Republican governor said in a news release on Wednesday that the 70-year-old Ramsey has been integral to his administration on key initiatives that include civil service reform, economic development efforts, workforce development training and improved operation of state government.
Ramsey was elected to the General Assembly in 1972 where he served four years in the House. He was Hamilton County's mayor for 16 years.
His last day on the job is August 31.
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