Shards of wood flew everywhere as lightning struck tree at car park at near Sim Lim Tower

Boom!

Jonathan Lim | January 20, 2017, 03:12 PM

You know how people say not to stand under trees when there's a chance for lightning?

Facebook user Zizi Fahrol's car camera captured the reason not to. He uploaded footage of lightning striking a tree at a car park near Sim Lim Tower. The strike caused shards of wood flying from the tree.

People were filmed subsequently walking nonchalantly around the car park moments after the strike.

Strike happens at the 0.07s mark:

Here's how the tree looks like after the strike:

Source: Zizi Fahrol Facebook Source: Zizi Fahrol Facebook

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Stay safe everyone.

 

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