On MSNBC Wednesday, Joy Reid cast doubt on Gov. Nikki Haley's lightning explanation for the South Carolina church fire because no other buildings were similarly burned down by lightning that night.

Mount Zion AME, one of several that have been set on fire, is an historically black church. Earlier today, Gov. Haley said that the fire was the result of four lightning strikes, and that there was no hate crime investigation.

SC gov Nikki Haley just told me church fire at #MtZionAME was caused by at least 4 lightning strikes. No arson suspected. #ChurchFires

— Craig Melvin (@craigmelvin) July 1, 2015

Reid, however, seems to doubt the idea that lightning might strike one building while not striking other buildings.

"This area is surrounded by pine trees, as is the church, which locals are saying are known to attract lightning. However this structure is on its own, it's about a mile from any other of the nearest structure, and there were no other fires that night that were caused by lightning strikes, no other 911 calls. So still a lot of mystery despite the definitiveness of the Governor's statement."

It is possible that Gov. Haley is wrong. It is possible the cause of the fire was misreported. But what is absolutely certain is that the reason won't be because no other buildings were struck by lightning. There is a reason that being struck by lightning is a metaphor for something that is incredibly rare or infrequent. When people talk about the lottery, they often compare your odds to the odds of being struck by lightning.

For example, here is a different church that caught fire in New York after being struck by lightning. All by its lonesome. Here is another building, from South Carolina in fact, where no other buildings caught fire. Here is another solitary building fire caused by lightning. And another. You get the idea.

But that is MSNBC and Joy Reid for you. Never let a crisis go to waste. By the way, Joy? The FBI agrees with Gov. Haley. Just saying.

Exit question: Does lightning strike hot enough to melt steel? Think about it.