PICTURES have revealed the extent of a large fire caused by lightning striking a Tushingham house.

On Wednesday, August 12 the region was hit by major storms, bringing heavy rain as well as thunder and lightning, the latter of which striking several houses and in some cases causing fires.

One of these houses was in Tushingham, with the moment of impact being compared to the sound of a bomb going off by a next door neighbour.

At 8.45pm firefighters from Whitchurch, Audlem, Chester, and Powey Lane, along with an aerial platform from Chester, attended the scene and on arrival they found that the roof of the property was well alight.

Firefighters, wearing breathing apparatus, used a 13.5 metre ladder to access the roof. They then used two hose reel jets and three main jets to tackle the fire.

There were no reports of any injuries, despite the dramatic nature of the blaze.

By the following morning firefighters remained in attendance at the scene.

Although the fire itself had been extinguished, crews used a thermal imaging camera to check for any hotspots as well as using a hose reel jet to dampen down the property.

Firefighters also removed roof tiles from the property using a nine metre ladder.