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Sewage spill after lightning strike in Hinchingbrooke Park Hinchingbrooke Park road ripped up in lightning strike
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Raw sewage spilled out over driveways in Cambridgeshire after lightning apparently struck a road, lifting the slabs and hitting a pipe. A road has been heavily damaged by what is thought to be a lightning strike on a manhole cover.
Gary Britton said the bolt hit outside his Dyson Close house in Hinchingbrooke Park at about 18:00 BST on Sunday. Gary Britton said it struck outside his home in Dyson Close, Hinchingbrooke Park, at about 18:00 BST on Sunday.
"I heard a massive bang, like a bomb going off. When I went out the manhole cover was still smoking," he said. "I heard a massive bang, like a bomb going off," he said. "When I went out the manhole cover was still smoking.
Anglian Water said it was "aware of a lightning strike report" and it was sending someone to investigate. "The force of the blast moved my car about a foot (30cm) and threw the wheelie bins about 10ft (3m) across the driveways."
Mr Britton said he was in his kitchen when he "heard a massive explosion". The damage occurred during heavy storms across the county.
"When I went out there was raw sewage everywhere. Black sewage. Mr Britton said there had been "black gunk" that "smelled of sewage" coming from the manhole and that the lightning had also caused three craters in his garden.
"The force of the blast moved my car about a foot and threw the wheelie bins about 10ft (3m) across the driveways." A spokesman for Anglian Water said: "Having been to site where the lightning struck we can confirm that none of our sewers have been damaged. All of them are working as they should.
The lightning strike also left three craters in his garden, Mr Britton added. "It seems that the lightning strike has created a ripple effect lifting the block paving in parts, but everything beneath it is working normally."
"I'm going to be spending the day cleaning up as I didn't realise I'd walked all that human waste into my house," he said. Cambridgeshire County Council highways officers were assessing the damage to the road and looking to make it safe, a spokesman said.