A lightning strike Friday morning sent four staff members at El Mirage Elementary School to a hospital and caused officials to call for a shelter-in-place order, a Dysart School District spokesperson said.
El Mirage police received a report about 8:40 a.m. Oct. 30 of a lightning strike at a bus dropoff at the school, the department's Facebook page stated.
Police and fire departments responded and were were informed four adults were affected by lightning. All four were conscious and were taken to a hospital, authorities said.
