NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. - A lightning strike started a wildfire in New Smyrna Beach on Wednesday, Volusia County officials said. Video from the New Smyrna Beach Fire Department shows flames ...

So what are they, exactly? Basically, they are natural tubes of glass that are formed by a fusion of silica sand or rock during a lightning strike. Much like Lichtenberg figures appear across wood ...

Patrick Dispoto, 59, was leaving a New Jersey beach on Sunday with ... From my understanding there was a lightning strike not too far away, which most likely hit the sand, and sand conducts ...