Bolt took out power from homes in Tulare, Kern and San Bernardino counties and the cities of Redlands, Ridgecrest, Arrowhead and Menifee Firefighters battled for an hour to bring blaze caused by storm under control Energy crews diverted from other jobs to try to quickly restore power By Helen Collis * Daily Mail A bolt of lightning knocked out power to around 120,00 homes in southern California during a storm on Monday. The fork of lightning struck a major bank of transformers at the Rector Station, just outside Visalia on Road 148 and Caldwell, causing it to burst into flames. Firefighters battled for an hour to control the blaze but thousands of homes were without power last night and for many, it will not be restored until this evening, according to ABC30. Electrifying: Lightning storms in California cut power to 120,000 customers around the Tulare County area, and lit up the sky further south in Barstow, pictured Southern California Edison (SCE) said in a statement damage to its facilities from the storms was 'significant' and it was working to quickly restore power to homes in the area.
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