Pawnee Fire
The Pawnee Fire was a large wildfire that burned in Spring Valley in Lake County, California, in the United States. The fire started on June 23, 2018, and quickly expanded overnight, destroying 12 structures, and causing the evacuation of the entire Spring Valley area. It destroyed 22 structures, damaged six…
Where it happened
Lake County, as Wikidata places it.
- Wildfires
The record
- Date
- June 23, 2018
- Ended
- July 8, 2018
- Kind
- Wildfire
- Where
- Lake County
- Country
- United States
What happened
The Pawnee Fire was a large wildfire that burned in Spring Valley in Lake County, California, in the United States. The fire started on June 23, 2018, and quickly expanded overnight, destroying 12 structures, and causing the evacuation of the entire Spring Valley area. It destroyed 22 structures, damaged six structures, and burned a total of 15,185 acres (61 km2) before it was fully contained on July 8, 2018. A Cal Fire investigation determined in April 2019 the cause of the fire was target shooting.
Sources
Wikidata Q55391940 (CC0); text from Wikipedia, “Pawnee Fire”, CC BY-SA 4.0.