lightning strikes on veterinary clinic in Ahmedabad(photo)

Ahmedabad, 4 July 2012

Presented here is the photograph of Ahmedabad’s Dariapur area based government veterinary clinic. Yesterday night lightning strike ignited fire inside the clinic and major stock of medicines was burnt.

Two persons died in Surendranagar’s Ratanpar area due to electric shock when it was raining yesterday night. An old lady who attempted to switch on AC faced electric shock first. When her son Vanrajsinh tried to rescue her, he too faced electric shock. To rescue Vanrajsinh, his neighbor Mr. Joshi rushed in, but he too faced electric shock. Both Vanrajsinh and Mr. Joshi were dead, while old lady was saved.

There’s a report coming in from Vadodara that one building has been collapsed due to yesterday’s rain. Some vehicles parked under the building are crushed.