Atlantic Southeast Airlines Lightning Strike

This was not a lightning strike! This was an electrical fire caused by a short in the ground power receptacle. The location is the exact location of where the circuit breakers are on a CRJ-200. There was only the Captain & a flight attendant on board the aircraft as they were preparing for a flight. Fire started almost instantly after ground power was plugged in by ground personnel & was extinguished shortly after by ARFF.

I was suspicious of it being a lightning strike when I posted it. It looks more like a fire than a strike, especially since of the way lightning travels around an aircraft. I just posted it as it was, and knew someone in the FA crowd would be able to point out what was really going on.