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California Fires
Lightning-Triggered Fires in California
June 25, 2008 | Earth Observatory

Hundreds of lightning-triggered fires are burning in California. Many of these are in the National Forests of Northern California. The lightning was part of a series of “dry thunderstorms” that passed through the state.

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