A dramatic lightning strike was caught on dash cam in South Carolina on Monday morning as a bolt exploded an electrical transformer along Highway 17 in Mount Pleasant, northeast of Charleston.
With torrential wind and rain making driving conditions difficult the lightning strike saw a fireball erupt into the grey skies above. The split-second blast turned a the morning commute into a scene of chaos.
The bolt detonated the transformer in a blinding flash before igniting a raging fire.
Almost immediately a series of electric power lines also overloaded and surged setting ablaze with several blue electrical explosions seen together with sparks falling onto the road from overhead.
For a brief second it looked as though day had turned in to night as thick black smoke emanated from the flames and drifted across the road.
