A TREE CAUGHT FIRE AFTER IT WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. AS STORM SWEPT THROUGH WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA LAST NIGHT, A PLUME OF WHITE SMOKE, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, WAS BILLOWING FROM A TREE AT A CEMETERY IN CARNEGIE, ALLEGHENY COUNTY.
Tree catches fire after lightning strike in Western Pennsylvania cemetery
Updated: 5:38 PM EDT Apr 15, 2026
A tree caught fire after it was struck by lightning as storms swept through Western Pennsylvania on Tuesday night. A plume of white smoke was seen billowing from a tree at a cemetery in Carnegie, Allegheny County. Firefighters eventually put it out, but not before a lot of leaves on the tree were burnt up.
CARNEGIE, Pa. —
A tree caught fire after it was struck by lightning as storms swept through Western Pennsylvania on Tuesday night.
A plume of white smoke was seen billowing from a tree at a cemetery in Carnegie, Allegheny County.
Firefighters eventually put it out, but not before a lot of leaves on the tree were burnt up.