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Lightning Sparks House Fire

Wednesday, April 19, 2006 – updated: 12:14 pm EDT April 19, 2006

A lightning strike is being blamed for starting a fire that gutted a house in Gaston County.

Neighbors said the booming thunder about 7:30 a.m. Wednesday sounded like a cannon. In fact, the blast was so intense that it shattered a neighbor's window on Cinderella Road, just outside of Dallas.

Melanie Gibson, 56, had to be helped out of the house. She suffered first- and second-degree burns on her back.

She and her sister, Christy Gentry, were both taken to the hospital.

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