Lightning strikes teacher’s home in Kempton Park

A bolt of lightning caused the roof to cave in at a flat in Glen Marais, Kempton Park during a storm on Wednesday evening, Kempton Express reports.

The lightning struck the new residence of Tersia Mostert, a teacher at Laerskool Impala.

“It was purely by God’s mercy that I escaped the strike unscathed.

“I was unpacking in the room where the roof got hit as I only moved in recently. I can tell you it was God who told me to move into the other room. That was when I heard the strike,” she told Express.

She said just after the lightning had struck, she heard people screaming about a fire. She opened the back door in her living room to allow the smoke to clear.

Broken ceiling boards, roof tiles, rubble and wall plaster were left strewn across the floor of her two-bedroomed flat.

The strike also knocked out the electricity of neighbouring flats in the same block.

“I’m OK despite the shock. I am also a trauma counsellor but usually I have things more under control,” said Mostert.

“I’ve been through so many traumas in my life and years ago, while I studied theology, I asked God to broaden my foundation in these areas. It’s truly amazing how God sends instances your way in which one can experience His greatness,” she added.

According to Sec Pros guarding manager Clinton Range, lightning struck the flat’s roof just after 8pm and he was called out to the scene at 8.20pm.

“We arrived while it was raining cats and dogs and once we proceeded upstairs, there were still signs of smoke.

“I suspect it hit an aerial on an apartment’s roof,” said Range.

Mostert will be moving into another flat while her unit is restored.