Lightning causes residential fire in Polegate

At 9.50pm last night (Tuesday, May 31) crews from Eastbourne and Hastings were called to a residential property in Primrose Way, Polegate.

The service spokesperson said this was due to ‘reports of a lightning striking the roof of a property’.

They said, “Firefighters used two breathing apparatus and one hose reel jet to extinguish a small fire the roof space of the property. We left the scene at 10.58pm.”

Fire crews were also called to Granville Road in Eastbourne at 8pm but this turned out to be a false alarm, the service spokesperson said.

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