{"id":964759,"date":"2026-07-28T14:45:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T14:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/964759\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T14:45:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T14:45:27","slug":"thousands-without-power-lightning-sparks-fires-as-storms-sweep-across-phoenix-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/964759\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands without power, lightning sparks fires as storms sweep across Phoenix area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text text-start\"><b>PHOENIX (AZFamily)<\/b> \u2014 Early morning monsoon storms are moving across the Valley Tuesday, sparking power outages, causing traffic delays and sparking fires.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text text-start\">Rain began falling before 4 a.m. and picked up again around 7 a.m. Lightning sparked several tree fires in the East Valley, and loud bursts of thunder shook parts of central Phoenix. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text text-start\">Arizona\u2019s Family spoke with one Gilbert renter, who said he woke up to a loud burst of thunder and saw a palm tree on fire in his front yard. Part of the tree was charred black, and bits of bark littered the yard. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text text-start\">\u201cThey [Gilbert Fire] let us know there were four other fires in the area that were more severe than ours that they had to attend to. They had to get up and go. They left their fire hose out front,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text text-start\">\u201cI was just about to get in the shower for work and we heard the loud bang, the thunder. I didn\u2019t think anything of it, yeah it was loud. But then our neighbor came knocking on the door and said, \u2018Hey, your trees are on fire.\u2019 Right away, we tried to come out, put it out, but it was too high, so we immediately called 911 and they were here within five minutes, put it out in 15,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">In central Phoenix, near Central Avenue and Camelback Road, lightning struck a vent on top of one home. The strike damaged the vent and left it smoking. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"The lightning strike damaged the vent and left it smoking.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GEFW5P6EGNBF7CEFHM7WWZONHU.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"483\" \/>The lightning strike damaged the vent and left it smoking.(Arizona&#8217;s Family)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text text-start\"><a href=\"https:\/\/outagemap.aps.com\/outageviewer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/outagemap.aps.com\/outageviewer\/\">According to Arizona Public Service\u2019s outage map<\/a>, three major outages were reported in Metro Phoenix. The areas affected include:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"list | article-list\">\n<li>Indianola Avenue to Monterey Way, and 16th Street to 22nd Street<\/li>\n<li>Turney Avenue to Devonshire Avenue, and 20th Street to 22nd Street <\/li>\n<li>Beatrice Street to Van Buren Street, and 40th Street to 42nd Street<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"text | article-text text-start\">Nearly 1,500 customers don\u2019t have power in the Indianola Avenue area. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text text-start\">Over 1,300 Salt River Project customers <a href=\"https:\/\/myaccount.srpnet.com\/power\/myaccount\/outages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/myaccount.srpnet.com\/power\/myaccount\/outages\">are without power<\/a> from Roosevelt Road to S Longmore, and Broadway Road to the US 60. Nearly 800 customers don\u2019t have power from Gilbert Road to 32nd Street, and Main Street to the US 60. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text text-start\">A ground stop was temporarily in effect at Sky Harbor Airport but was lifted before 7:30 a.m. Nearly 100 flights are delayed as of 7 a.m. Travelers can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyharbor.com\/flights\/delayed-canceled-and-diverted-flights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.skyharbor.com\/flights\/delayed-canceled-and-diverted-flights\/\">check their flight status here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text text-start\">See a spelling or grammatical error in our story? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/page\/send-us-your-feedback\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Please click here to report it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text text-start\">Do you have a photo or video of a breaking news story? Send <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/community\/user-content\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">it to us here<\/a> with a brief description.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 KTVK\/KPHO. 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