Caravan owners in the Worcester area have been urged to double check the small print in their insurance policies after several vehicles were damaged in a lightning-related fire. The incident took place just before 10pm on Friday May 6th at a farm in the village of Inkberrow, with a caravan and a car both damaged by the blaze, the Redditch Advertiser reported.
Two fire engines were called out to the scene and the emergency services managed to avert a major explosion of the caravan’s gas cylinders.
Fortunately, no-one was injured and the fire was extinguished by midnight, the local paper added.
Mark Strutt, station commander for Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service, pointed to a freakish cause of the blaze.
“The fire coincided with a very heavy thunder storm in the area and initial fire investigation suggests that the blaze was started by a bolt of lightning,” he said.
