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800 Lightning Strikes Spark 30 New Fires in Lolo National Forest
Public Information Officer Kate Jerman provided details to KGVO News on Thursday morning.
“We had a large thunderstorm track west to east across the majority of the Lolo National Forest and that started early Wednesday morning and we received an estimated 800 lightning strikes across the forest,” said Jerman. “Primarily the concentration of those lightning strikes occurred on the western part of the Lolo National Forest, which is the Superior Ranger District and the Plains and Thompson Falls Ranger District.”
Jerman said the lightning strikes did produce numerous fires.
“As a result of that thunderstorm that tracked across the forest, at this point we have over 30 confirmed fires on the Lolo National Forest, which we are actively responding to on multiple fire fronts with multiple different types of firefighting resources,” she said.
800 Lightning Strikes Spark 30 New Fires in Lolo National Forest
Public Information Officer Kate Jerman provided details to KGVO News on Thursday morning.
“We had a large thunderstorm track west to east across the majority of the Lolo National Forest and that started early Wednesday morning and we received an estimated 800 lightning strikes across the forest,” said Jerman. “Primarily the concentration of those lightning strikes occurred on the western part of the Lolo National Forest, which is the Superior Ranger District and the Plains and Thompson Falls Ranger District.”
Jerman said the lightning strikes did produce numerous fires.
“As a result of that thunderstorm that tracked across the forest, at this point we have over 30 confirmed fires on the Lolo National Forest, which we are actively responding to on multiple fire fronts with multiple different types of firefighting resources,” she said.