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With much needed rain on Tuesday, August 23, 2022, came a lightning strike around 5 p.m. in the vicinity of the 700 block of High Street in Westwood. The lightning caused a fire alarm to sound at one business and fire alarms to experience malfunctioning and problems at other businesses in the area, reported Westwood Firefighters Local 1994 on its Facebook page.
Pictures posted on the Facebook page show a Westwood Fire Department engine parked alongside the front of Comella's Restaurant, with a ladder extending from the engine to the cupola set above the building's second floor.
Firefighters found a "smoke condition and charring inside the cupola" and "smoke on the exterior of the cupola as well." Westwood Firefighters Local 1994 noted that there were reports that a weathervane had been struck by lightning.
Westwood Firefighters Local 1994 reported that firefighters used a thermal imager and water can to address hot spots. The situation was resolved in around an hour.
