LAWRENCE COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — A man was struck by lightning in Lawrence County Tuesday evening.

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According to Lawrence County dispatch, first responders with the Ethridge Fire Department and Lawrence County Fire & Rescue responded to a call of a man who had possibly been struck by lightning at around 6:20 p.m. near Buffalo Road and Flatwoods Road. An ambulance has remained on the scene.

At around the same time two miles away on Hudson Road, Lawrence County officials also responded to a report of a corn field that had caught fire due to a lightning strike. Dispatchers told News 2 that as of publication, the fire appears to be contained.

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