FORT WORTH (1080 KRLD) - This morning's thunderstorm left its mark outside a northwest Fort Worth gas station.
At around 6:15 a.m., crews were called to a gas station on Boat Club Rd. just north of the 820 North Loop.
"They found approximately a 15-by-15 (foot) hole in the parking lot," says Mike Drivdahl with Fort Worth Fire.
The crater was about four feet deep.
"I have seen others that cracked the concrete or made some small explosions in the concrete, but this one was very large," says Drivdahl.
The lightning strike was so powerful that it threw large concrete chunks quite a distance.
"We did have several chunks of concrete that were up to two feet by two feet that were approximately 75 feet away from where they started," says Drivdahl.
Wendy Jimenez, who works at a doughnut shop in that same shopping center, was taken aback by the enormity of it all.
"Everything was just around it where it happened," Jimenez told KRLD news partner NBC-5. "I could see just a big mess too...the parking lot was covered."
A hazmat team responded to the scene.
"There were some of the gas tanks that serve the gas station there that were in that area," says Drivdahl. "We do not believe that there was any further involvement with those tanks."
Jimenez says she's glad the bolt of lightning didn't strike any closer to her store.
"If it would have been worse, it could have hit this side too," Jimenez says. "But it's just amazing how it was."
Crews on scene of lighting strike at gas station parking lot. Situation is stabilized at this point. Shadydell Dr and Boat Club Rd. Squad2 Quint13 on scene. pic.twitter.com/gdD5A7GNMc
— Fort Worth Fire Department (@FortWorthFire) October 30, 201915x15 hole in parking lot cause by lightning strike this morning. Crews have stabilized the incident. No injuries. #FWFDLightningStrike Boat Club and Shadydelll. pic.twitter.com/0bheQH8yu5
— Fort Worth Fire Department (@FortWorthFire) October 30, 2019
