Lou Holtz's House Damaged by Fire Likely Caused by Lightning

The Orlando, Florida, home of former college football head coach Lou Holtz suffered significant damage Sunday, likely due to a lightning strike that started a fire.

Yahoo Sports' Dr. Saturday tweeted out a picture of the damage done:

Henry Pierson Curtis of the Orlando Sentinel (via Graham Watson of Yahoo Sports) provided additional details about the house and the fire, noting it took multiple hours to extinguish the blaze. Per Watson, "The home, which is reportedly worth $1.6 million, was engulfed in flames and took 60 Orlando firefighters to fight and more than three hours to extinguish. Two firefighters suffered minor injuries during the blaze, but there were not other reported injuries."

Holtz retired from coaching in 2004 after spending six seasons at South Carolina. In 33 seasons as a college football head coach, the 78-year-old won 249 games and one national championship in 1988 with Notre Dame. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2008.

He had been working as an analyst at ESPN since 2004 before leaving the network in April.