Twitter and Facebook were abuzz after a photograph was posted of a smouldering tree said to have been taken after a lightning strike in Ham last week.

Originally posted on the Ham and Petersham Social History Facebook group on Thursday, June 17, the image depicts a red-hot tree the morning after a lightning storm.

Searching the photograph on Google though suggests it may have first be posted on Reddit and originated in America.

Have you seen this tree? Get in touch at ben.weich@london.newsquest.co.uk