At the end of the third quarter, the officials called a delay due to lightning in the area.
At first the fire was attributed to lightning and electrical failure.
The game was then halted due to lightning, but resumed after several minutes.
The game was delayed for over an hour to lightning in the Knoxville area.
The region, furthermore, was not prone to lightning of the kind which would set fire to buildings.
An example of a structure vulnerable to lightning is a wooden barn.
Other accounts attribute the event to lightning or the Devil.
Mechanisms that cause the charges to build up to lightning are still a matter of scientific investigation.
You are too close to heaven, to the thunder and lightning.
And it is subject to dry lightning - electrical storms without rain.