Flights suspended, trains delayed and a block of flats set on fire... all because of LIGHTNING: Storm chaos as heatwave ends

Residents fled in terror today from a block of flats that was set on fire by a bolt of lightning as storms caused chaos across Britain.

The building in Bermondsey, south-east London, was struck at around 2pm – the same time as a control tower at Gatwick Airport was hit, forcing flights to be suspended.

Meanwhile, a teaching assistant escaped unhurt after he was knocked to the ground by a lightning strike at his primary school today.

And tennis fans at Wimbledon were swamped by heavy rain – as were spectators watching the England vs Sri Lanka cricket match at the Oval.

Inferno: Smoke billows from a block of flats in Bermondsey, south-east London, after lightning struck it

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