The Livingston County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a vacant house was destroyed by fire Tuesday morning.

The Wheeling Fire Department and crews with the Sheriff’s Office responded around 11:25 a.m. to a vacant house fire on Liv 277.

Crews arrived to find the house fully engulfed.

Sheriff Steve Cox said preliminary investigation shows significant lightning in the area at the time of the fire and reports of possible lightning strikes to the house.