Two people hospitalised after lightning strike sets Bundoora home alight

Two people are in hospital after a house was struck by lightning at Bundoora.

Fire crews arrived to find the roof of the single-storey brick home on Betula Avenue on fire just after 8am.

The residents self-evacuated before being treated by paramedics and taken to hospital.

Approximately 40 per cent of the home suffered significant damage in the blaze.

Specialist fire investigators have confirmed a lightning strike was the cause of the fire.

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