Sever storms that tore through many midwest towns on 11-17-13 did some damage in Northwest Indiana, but nothing like Washington Illinois saw. While at work I captured tornado sirens being sounded twice in Whiting Indiana. On the way home from work a power pole was arching in Lake Station Indiana at Central Ave and Dekalb Street and last of all when power was restored to the area in Merrillville Indiana a fire somehow erupted on top of a commercial building at 4000 West 81st Ave. Nobody was injured at the fire scene, the building was not occupied at the time of the fire