The front of the Hemp Lane house was struck just after 3:15 a.m. on Wednesday, jolting the family from their sleep.
Officials say 14 others were injured by the lightning strike, including eight children -- with some victims as young as 7.
Many municipalities have put in safeguards or lightning prediction systems that can read electrical pulses in the air to predict the possibility of a strike from five to 15 miles away.
It's plain and simple - no place outside is safe when a thunderstorm is in the area.
One person was killed and several others were rushed to the hospital after a lightning strike at an outdoor archery range in Jackson Township, New Jersey on Wednesday, according to officials.
A 28-year-old man has died the week after he was struck by lightning while playing golf at a course in Hardyston.