TODDSVILLE – Lightning caused Monday evening’s fire at a historic Greek-revival home on Greenough Road, county Emergency Services Coordinator Butch Jones reports.
The home, in a rural setting halfway between Toddsville proper and the 1812 House, is owned by Angelika and Andrew Rashkow; Mrs. Rashkow was home alone when the fire occurred. It is known locally as Dr. Rauscher’s house, after the physician who used to own it.
Jones said one of the tall pines in front of the house had been “cabled” at some point to reinforce it. The lightning hit the tree; the current then shot through the cable striking the attic level.

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