Irish woman hit by lightning while standing in her kitchen | JOE.ie

She was saved by a very particular item of clothing.

A woman in Offaly is"lucky to be alive" after she was struck by lightning while standing in her kitchen on Tuesday.Caroline Burke was standing in her kitchen when lightening struck a tap outside the house which caused an"explosion.""As I was putting the spoon down into the sink sparks came out of it, there was a massive explosion in the kitchen and the smell of burning," Caroline told RTÉ Radio 1."The bang was so loud, it was like an explosion.

"It kind of set me back a bit on my feet and I became a bit disoriented and didn’t know what was happening. I could hear all this, you know, like electricity. I could hear the buzzing of all this electricity. "And next thing it hit my hand as I was putting the spoon back down into the sink, and after then it just stopped after a few seconds. It just seemed to go on forever," she continued."It’s so hard to explain how quickly it happened and how quickly kind of ended."A Co Offaly woman has had a remarkable escape after she was stuck by lightning while standing at her kitchen sink.

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