Date:13/05/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/05/13/stories/2008051352670300.htm

Tamil Nadu - Madurai

Lightning strikes two coconut trees

Staff Reporter

MADURAI: Lightning struck two coconut palms in Gomathipuram here on Monday evening.

According to a local resident, one palm each at Shenbagam Street and Kurunji Street caught fire at around 7.15 p.m. However, sudden showers put out the flames. A fire tender from Tallakulam fire station was pressed into service. In another incident at S.S. Colony, a spark from electrical overhead cable ignited fire on a tree that was doused by fire tenders.