Video: This Coconut Tree Died ,dried Up And Then Caught Fire All By Itself(photos) One of the coconut trees at my backyard was struck by lightning about one and a half months ago ,so it died and the leaves began to dry up . Now the dry tree caught fire all by itself . I’m wondering if it was struck again by lightning or an unknown person probably set it on fire . On Wednesday 27/04/2016 at 5:30pm, the weather suddenly changed from being very sunny to being cloudy and dark and it was quite evident it was going to rain very heavily. My dad was sitting outside receiving fresh air when a great lightening accompanied with the loudest thunderstorm I've heard all my life struck. It was so severe that my dad nearly felt the impact of it because it happened right before him. He came inside the house and called our names to be sure we were safe. The next thing we heard were the voices of people calling to alert us of fire which had caught a coconut tree close to our...