A police car's dashboard camera caught the moment a lightning bolt struck power lines in Mount Pleasant, sparking a fireball along a busy road and knocking out power.

An intense video recorded in South Carolina shows the moment when a bolt of lightning caused a transformer to explode in spectacular fashion on Monday.

Intense scenes were caught on dashcam in South Carolina on August 11 after a powerful lightning strike hit a transformer along Highway 17 in Mount Pleasant. Footage captured the moment the bolt of lightning struck,