After a dry spell, afternoon thunderstorms fired up across the Gulf Coast Wednesday, bringing lightning and strong winds to the Mobile area.
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One lightning strike caused a house fire off Hillcrest Road in west Mobile. Crews with the Mobile Fire-Rescue Department rushed to the scene around 4 p.m. and found flames shooting from the attic. No one was home, but there’s a lot to cleanup. “Honestly, it’s pretty torn up. The contents inside are mostly good. the front room has some smoke damage but the house wouldn’t surprise me to be a total loss,” said MFRD District Chief Ben McKenna.Mobile police identify wrong-way driver killed in fiery crash with Amazon truck on I-65Debby washes road away from beneath family: ‘The car was down. It was going in the water.’Judge rejects prosecution’s bid to lock up woman facing multiple indictmentsMobile Airport Authority gets $7.
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