Lights and plug sockets exploded, smoke filled the rooms and a hole was blown in a roof after lightning struck houses in a sudden thunderstorm on Sunday (June 11).
Fire crews raced to the scene of the terrifying incident on Thornton Road, Rusholme, shortly after 4pm when a bolt of lightning hit the roof of two terraced homes.
Residents, who have now been evacuated and had their electricity cut off, told of the 'huge explosion' that sounded 'like a bomb had gone off'.
