Fire crews responded to an early morning fire Saturday after a lightning strike ignited a small outbuilding along Barker Road.
At approximately 4:45 a.m., stations 23, 24, 33 and 34 of the Ringgold Fire Department were dispatched to the 800 block of Barker Road for a reported fire involving an outbuilding.
Engine 233 arrived and initially found nothing visible from the exterior. Further investigation revealed that lightning had struck the building, causing a small fire.
Fortunately, the homeowner had already extinguished the fire before firefighters arrived.
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Source note: Star News TV · Nov 7, 2026 5:11 PM.