At least 38 children rushed to hospital after lightning strikes camp site in Germany as 700 youngsters evacuated

AT LEAST 38 children have been rushed to the hospital after lightning struck a campsite in Germany.

More than 700 people have been immediately evacuated from The Pentecost tent camp after it was hit by a dangerous thunderbolt on Sunday afternoon.

Foto: Presseteam Feuerwehr Kreis SoestSoest district fire department

The incident came after a violent thunderstorm passed over the Soest district and also hit the Pentecost tent camp of the youth fire brigades.

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