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COLORADO SPRINGS — Two people have been hospitalized after a lightning strike at the El Paso County Fairgrounds.
A woman was struck by lightning as she left a building at the fairgrounds in Calhan Tuesday evening and a man nearby was also injured.
County spokesman Dave Rose says there was no lightning or thunder in the immediate area before the strike.
Lightning is also suspected of starting a house fire in Colorado Springs. that the fire started after a storm moved over the northeast side of the city. A young girl called 911 after she and her friend noticed smoke coming from the house.
