A B.C. couple is recovering from a narrow brush with death after a lightning bolt tore though their bedroom, just feet from where they were sitting with their baby.

Coho Townhomes in Pitt Meadows was struck during a storm Thursday afternoon, igniting a small fire and frying telephone lines. The bolt ripped through the chimney tower of the Radom family condo and blew off the roof on the room that held Janie Radom, her husband Darren and their nine-month-old baby Asia.

"There was this unearthly crack, bang -- I don't know how to describe it. It was the worst feeling ever," Radom told CTV News.

"That bolt came down and the ceiling flopped over and what my husband saw was the fire bolt and us disappear."

For several terrifying seconds, her husband feared the worst.

"We disappeared because the roof came down and it covered us. So in his mind, we had vaporized and we had died. It was very traumatizing," Radom said.

But no one in the family was harmed, including three-year-old son Jamon, who was in another room.

Radom said she's still shaken by the experience.

"I'm still very scared for my children. My head hurts like you wouldn't believe from the impact of the bang and my ear is just ferocious," she said.

The strike was felt around the neighbourhood, and nearby residents reported hearing a huge crash and seeing sparks flying.

Fire officials say that lightning striking a home is extremely rare. The Radoms could be out of their townhouse for the next three months, but they're grateful to have survived the experience relatively unscathed.

"We're alive. That's the main thing," Radom said.

With a report from CTV British Columbia's Julia Foy