lightning

[squidgey]

today we had a thunderstorm and during it the lightning seemed to travel down central heating pipe . i saw a bright flash and there was a loud bang like a gun shot . very scary

could any one explain why this occured and if it should looked into?

any help appreciated thanks

[KebabMeister]

Check that everything works.  My old place got struck by lightning, apart from all the electical items being blown, the bolt shorted out on the radiator blowing the central heating timer and main fuse box.