OVIEDO, Fla. – Residents returned to their homes on Thursday at the Parks Place apartments in Oviedo at the Park days after fire officials said lightning hit the building and caused the fire.
Jeff Stafford and Dale Meagher said they were eating at a nearby restaurant when they saw lightning in the area. "There was lightning popping all around and it sounded like it hit, but it had taken a while to actually see flames to realize it hit the building," Stafford said.
The pair said they didn't have time to think, just react when they saw the fire. "We pretty much just took off and ran toward the building, jumped over the gate, pulled the fire alarm," Stafford said.