Lightning struck an oilfield battery about 12 miles from the town of Sloughton, Saskatchewan, resulting in thick plumes of black smoke for a number of hours.
Photos posted on social media show flickering flames on the ground and near buildings and tanks, plus dark black and grey smoke filling the sky in a field after the fire on June 26 in the afternoon. Nearby oil and natural gas tanks also caught fire.
The Stoughton Fire Department arrived at the scene at 1:30 p.m. local time, according to reports, to find the site engulfed in flames and smoke. Firefighters said the blaze was best left to burn because there were no other structures within four miles….