According to district rural police, Murbad taluka experienced heavy thundershowers last evening, disrupting normal life.
In the first incident that occurred in Modal Wadai village, 15-year-old Sandeep Pokhla sustained serious burn injuries after lightning struck his house yesterday at around 5 pm, reducing it to ashes.
Sandeep succumbed while he was being taken to the nearby government hospital, police said.
In another incident, a 18-year-old boy, identified as Gotya Ugada died after lightning struck him while he was standing under the shade of a mango tree in Zadghar village.