so we had a lightning strike last night. It may have hit the lightning rods on top the house, i'm not sure. anyways it was loud as heck and scared the hell outta me. I happened to be in the kitchen at the time. I suddenly hear a hissing noise and look at our GE dual-fuel stove (gas top, elec oven) and see flames coming out the back vents! I ran outside to shut off the propane tanks while the wife hit it with the fire extinguisher.

After pulling the stove out, the things I see are:

1. fried electric wires inside the stove by an exposed hole
2. burn mark/hole in the propane line from the wall to the stove
3. no burn marks on the wall itself (like the flame was just inside the stove)
4. I can't get the stove unplugged from the outlet. I wonder if its fused in there? (breaker is off now)
5. a few other breakers and gfcis in the house tripped

So my questions to the folks here would be:
1. is my house grounded properly?! should this kind of thing really happen? we've been shocked before while in basement, leaning on chest freezer in the past during lightning strikes.
2. we are past the warranty on this stove but its only about 2 years old. any thoughts as to trying to get it repaired or should i just replace it? (home insurance is 1k deductible) Stove probably cost a few grand - its a GE Cafe dual fuel stainless steel.
3. suggestions for seperatign the plug from the outlet if its fuzed on? I plan on trying to pry it off with some tools this evening..

Any other thoughts/suggestions?

Thanks!

Good thing you were home. Lighting follows all paths so the gas pipe became one. Chances are it hit the rods. Better off not having rods then they do not get hit. Plug is welded tight replace all the wire to the box. The wire is likely welded together in a few places.

Grounding helps with lighting path but a direct hit is going to fry stuff.

My thoughts on the lightning rods but I would not have said anything. I knew a guy years ago that was paranoid about lightning so he had an elaborate grounding system installed.

House was hit several times after that.