The Harrogate building struck by lightning is next door to Conservative MP Andrew Jones’ constituency office, it has emerged.
Paramedics treated a resident for shock when lightning hit their home at East Parade on Saturday night.
A police cordon put up outside their home remained in place yesterday.
A cul-de-sac that separates the building and the Harrogate and Knaresborough Conservative Association‘s office was also closed because debris from the lightning-struck roof had landed on to the road and the chimney stack was unsafe.
The office is where Andrew Jones, the Conservative MP for Harrogate and Knaresborough, is based when he is not in Westminster. Several of his staff also work there.
The building struck by lightning is on the left and the Conservative office is on the right.
Harrogate Conservative Club is the next building down the street.
Nobody was seriously injured in the incident, which occurred at about 10.30pm during Saturday’s storm.
Another home on East Parade, along with properties on Skipton Road and Crab Lane, suffered flooding within minutes of the lightning strike, forcing on-call firefighters from Summerbridge to be drafted in to help crews from Harrogate and Knaresborough.
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Image Gallery: the night thunder and lightning struck the Harrogate district
Storms kept many of us awake last night as thunder and lightning struck the Harrogate district at about midnight.
We asked our readers to send us their images and videos of last night’s weather.
This photo was sent in by reader Elaine Alder.
David Hodgson caught this shot of a lightning bolt above nearby houses.
Kaizer Herrington took this just before midnight last night as lightning hit Starbeck.
Scott Lambert watched the lightning as it crashed over Harlow Carr last night.
This one kept Danni Greig awake last night!