Lightning strike triggers kitchen explosion inside New Jersey home

GLEN ROCK, New Jersey (WABC) -- Authorities say a lightning strike triggered an explosion inside the kitchen of a home in New Jersey.

Police say a tree in the backyard of the home in Glen Rock was struck by lightning during Wednesday night's storms.


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They say the current traveled through the overhead electrical wires and blew off a surveillance camera. It then shattered a kitchen window and blew an electrical socket inside the house.

The homeowners were on vacation.

The family's dog was frightened by the chaos.

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