A SOCORRO WOMAN DIES INSIDE A HOUSE FIRE AFTER LIGHTNING APPARENTLY STRIKES HER HOME LAST WEEKEND. NINETY-THREE YEAR OLD FRANCES MOLINA HAD LIVED IN THE ADOBE HOME FOR 80 YEARS. WORD IS SHE DIED OF SMOKE INHALATION.
SOCORRO FIRE CHIEF JOE GONZALEZ TELLS KOB TV THERE WAS A LOT OF LIGHTNING LAST WEEKEND IN THAT AREA. HE SAYS FIRE CREWS RESPONDED WITHIN TWO MINUTES. A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION FINDS THAT THE LIGHTNING STRIKE CAUSED A CHAIN REACTION … FIRST HITTING A POLE NEARLY 200 FEET FROM THE HOME … THEN CAUSING A SURGE IN THE LIVING ROOM.
