{"id":15297,"date":"2017-08-14T18:34:35","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T18:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/georgiaarsoncontrol.org\/?p=15297"},"modified":"2017-08-14T18:34:35","modified_gmt":"2017-08-14T18:34:35","slug":"with-a-garden-hose-off-duty-firefighter-saves-house-struck-by-lightning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/georgiaarsoncontrol.org\/?p=15297","title":{"rendered":"With a garden hose, off-duty firefighter saves house struck by lightning"},"content":{"rendered":"

(wusa9.com<\/a>) \u2013\u00a0An off-duty firefighter grabbed a garden hose and fought flames sparked by lightning Friday, saving his neighbor\u2019s house as severe thunderstorms moved through the region.<\/p>\n

\u201cWherever he\u2019s at, I really want to talk to you and shake your hand and say thank you,\u201d said the homeowner, Ray Villanueva, in an interview Friday. \u201cThis is a first responder pretty much responding to\u00a0 the call of duty.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lightning hit the home on Ceralene Court around 7 p.m. while Villanueva was at his son\u2019s football practice. The off-duty firefighter is a neighbor who happened to be in the area, and arrived before units descended on the neighborhood.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe grabbed my garden hose and started hosing down the fire,\u201d Villanueva said. \u201cBy the time we got here, I was probably two seconds behind the fire trucks, pretty much the fire was under control.\u201d<\/p>\n

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