Barn a total loss after lightning strikes tree, catches roof on fire

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MCCANDLESS, Pa. — Lightning from storms rolling through Wexford early Sunday struck a tree and ignited an adjacent barn on fire.

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According to officials from the Wexford Volunteer Fire Company, crews were called around 3:50 a.m. to the property on Old Farm Lane in McCandless. The blaze spread from the tree onto the barn roof. The structure was deemed a total loss before fire units arrived.

Crews left the scene around 7 a.m.

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