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Man saves neighbours after lightning strikes roof and fire spreads
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- Danielle Herbert BBC Wales Neighbour Maggie Rose Day recorded the exact moment lightning struck the house.
- Primary school teacher Stuart Dunn had to knock the door of the affected property aggressively, with the owner unaware of the fire on her roof as she slept downstairs with her dog.
- Dunn, 36, then had to shine a torch through the window of a neighbouring property to wake up another resident who was sleeping with an eye mask on and ear plugs in.
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Danielle Herbert BBC Wales Neighbour Maggie Rose Day recorded the exact moment lightning struck the house. A man has described how he frantically tried to wake up his neighbours after a lightning strike set a house on fire and the blaze rapidly spread.
Primary school teacher Stuart Dunn had to knock the door of the affected property aggressively, with the owner unaware of the fire on her roof as she slept downstairs with her dog.
Dunn, 36, then had to shine a torch through the window of a neighbouring property to wake up another resident who was sleeping with an eye mask on and ear plugs in.
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