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Thunder roars, stay indoors: Collier neighborhood reacts to lightning dangers. WINK News Residents living in a Golden Gate Estates neighborhood are reminding others of the importance to stay indoors when thunder roars. Beth Amico’s pine tree caught fire a few years ago from a lightning strike. She quickly grabbed a hose and soaked the trees in her yard. “All of a sudden, I heard a massive explosion. What I can only imagine a grenade sounds like,” Amico said. And just a few days ago in the same area, resident Elmer Bauers III was watching television in his living room when lightning struck nearby. “It was a boom, not a bang,” Elmer Bauers said. Bauers stepped outside to find slashes on the bark of a large pine tree. “It goes down the tree, like a candy cane stripe,” Elmer Bauers said. “A tree can survive, but a person can’t. When they’re struck by lightning, something fatal happens,” said Elmer’s wife, Janet Bauers, who once lost a relative to a lightning strike. The Greater Naples Fire Rescue District offers the following tips to protect your home: Use rods and surge protectors. Unplug electronics and appliances during a storm. Clear rain gutters and roofs from debris. Remove large trees near your home.