Lucie County Fire District crews responded to a house fire at the 900 block of Bellevue Avenue Friday evening as severe storms moved through the area. Radar picked up a significant amount of lightning in the area at the time of the storm. Lucie County Fire District said it cannot confirm the cause, as the fire marshal's office still needs to investigate.
The severe weather produced a waterspout that passed over the Indian River Lagoon near Sebastian Friday afternoon. In Port St. Lucie, weather spotter Merry Moore O'Rourke said her rain gauge caught over 3 inches. She described the conditions as the sky got black, the wind started raging, and the sky lit up like she had not seen. Lucie County Fire District also contained a brush fire near the 1900 block of Castinet Lane after reports that a lightning strike ignited vegetation in a nearby lot. In Okeechobee County, fire rescue crews airlifted a man to the hospital after he was struck by lightning.