Lightning bolt strikes church steeple

Worshippers at a Walhalla church evacuated safely from a prayer meeting Saturday night after what’s believed to have been a lightning strike to the steeple of La Luz Del Mundo — the Light of the World Church on ES Broad Street.  Using a pair of extended ladder trucks, the fire fighters stopped the fire and contained fire damage to the steeple.  A passerby spotted the fire and his prompt call for help is considered to have prevented a serious situation from becoming a greater tragedy.