What was the cause of the Line Fire?
Officials say the blaze was generating its own weather conditions, as pyrocumulus - also known as fire clouds - formed overhead. The National Weather Service says some 3,700 lightning strikes were recorded in the clouds - and more than 270 lightning strikes on the ground which had the potential to ignite new blazes.
Officials say the blaze was generating its own weather conditions, as pyrocumulus - also known as fire clouds - formed overhead. The National Weather Service says some 3,700 lightning strikes were recorded in the clouds - and more than 270 lightning strikes on the ground which had the potential to ignite new blazes.