Lightning strikes from Thursday night’s strong thunderstorm caused scattered light damage throughout the county, according to Rita Weeks of the Morgan County Emergency Management Agency.

A Hartselle woman escaped serious injury when she was struck by lightning while shooting photos from the front door of her home.

A lightning strike in the Lacon/Mill Creek community resulted in a grass and tree fire and prompted a response from the Ebenezer Volunteer Fire Department, Both fire were extinguished before they cause significant damage.

Another strike caused a house fire on Union Road in Somerville but no was hurt and damage was light.

Decatur Utilities was called into action when lighting struck a circuit in Wolverine Park tin the Point Mallard neighborhood at approximately 7 p.m. Line crews worked late into the nigh restoring power to over 4,000 customers.