Moment lightning bolt strikes couple's home in Oxfordshire and destroys roof

A couple had a lucky escape after a lightning bolt struck their home minutes after they left - destroying the roof, blowing up the boiler and frying the electrics.

A nearby Ring doorbell cam captured the moment 300 million volts shot down from the clouds and through their home, four minutes after they popped out for lunch.

The chimney was blasted off the roof and countless holes were smashed through the roof of their new build as well as damaging their car.

One of the homeowners, who didn’t want to be named, said: “We made a lucky escape.”

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[ravenr]

Lighting also hit my house putting a hole right through the foundation. . Destroyed the bricks.. There was old metal buried, and that lightning brought it to surface. Then it traveled, and destroyed my swimming pool filter. It did some damage.

[BirdiesAndAlice]

Oof….some days ago there was very strong thunderstorm here and our garden got struck by a not very strong strike ….

[glennclayton]

How did it destroy the roof? A few bricks falling off the chimney hardly equates to a destroyed roof does it!!!

[Siteofnorfolk]

Anyone noticed the sound before the lightning

[harryd]

Umm…I think the chimney is destroyed…the roof is merely damaged…

[steveparker]

I smite thee! says a mysterious tramp who was previously refused spare change for a cuppa by the couple in question...