A mysterious loud boom accompanied by a bright light rocked North Lismore last night – and was heard by residents in South Lismore too. 

A Terania Street resident (who wants to remain anonymous) said she heard the “explosion” and saw a “big bright light” at about 7pm on Tuesday.

She also reported that the electric lights in her house went out briefly – and the same was reported by some South Lismore residents. 

“My first thought was ‘someone’s in trouble’,” the North Lismore resident said. “I ran outside with my mask, but no shoes on because I was worried someone was hurt.”

The resident, who lives close to the Liberty service station on Terania Street, said the light was bright enough to light up the sky and be seen over the top of houses.

“When I ran outside I could see a group of young people standing around near the service station. But I didn’t want to hang around.

“I thought at first the noise was from the service station, but couldn’t see anything. Then I thought it might have been electricity related because there’s a power line pole with lots of infrastructure on it near there too.”

The Lismore App investigated the cause of the explosion and checked in with each of the service stations in North Lismore – and Essential Energy. 

An Essential Energy spokesperson said there were no call outs or reports of any problems last night.

The Liberty service station has two venues in North Lismore – and neither of them knew anything about it either. 

The North Lismore Bakers Corner (Lismore Fuels) service station also had no idea. 

The source of the noise, light and brief electricity interruption still remains a mystery to local business owners and residents.

If anyone can help us work out what caused the mysterious noise, please let us know here at the Lismore App. You can email [email protected]