Modern Mysteries

Chunk of ice falls from sky over Florida and smashes through roof of house

By T.K. Randall
February 5, 2025 ·  4 comments

The damage was substantial. Image Credit: Facebook / Palm Coast Fire Department The odds of a large object falling from the sky and smashing through the roof of your house might seem unlikely to the extreme, but in truth such a thing can and does happen - as evidenced this week by the case of a house in northeastern Florida that was struck by a large piece of falling ice.

Firefighters were called out to the scene in the Seminole Woods area of Palm Coast when a local resident reported a loud crash and large chunks of ice scattered across the road.

When fire crews arrived they found that chunks of ice had crashed through the roof of the house and into one of the rooms, though fortunately there were no reported injuries.

"After inspection, the building department deemed the home safe for occupancy and the fire department placed a blue tarp over the damaged roof to protect the property," the department wrote.The skies had been clear at the time, so it was unlikely to be weather related.

Instead, the ice likely fell from a passing airplane.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has since launched an investigation.

"When the FAA gets reports about such incidents, the agency tries to determine whether the ice could have come from an aircraft and then identify aircraft potentially involved," the FAA told FOX 35.



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