video | A thunderbolt ignites a fire in palm trees in Taif

Weather of Arabia - A number of social media pioneers shared video clips of fires that devoured a group of palm trees in Wadi Waj in Taif, and confirmed that the reason was due to a lightning strike during the rains that fell in the province yesterday.

Watch the effects of lightning strikes on Wadi Waj in #Taif_now pic.twitter.com/Ns0pSrDdGW

- Arab Weather - Saudi Arabia (@ArabiaWeatherSA) August 26, 2023

And the Saudi Civil Defense stated in a tweet on its Twitter account, saying: “The Civil Defense in Taif put out a limited fire in (6) Nakhlat in Wadi Waj, and there were no injuries.”