Thunder, lightning accompany storm

As many as 400 customers of the Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative are reported without service as the result of the early morning storm that passed through the upstate.  During the thunder and lightning storm, fire fighters rushed to at least three homes where lightning strikes were reported:  Strawberry Farm Road near Seneca, Deer Ranch Road near the Oconee Regional Airport, and S. Arrowood Drive, Chickasaw Point.  In each instance, no injuries reported and damage was believed to have been light.