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Long Draw Fire

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Location
  
Oregon

Cause
  
Lightning

Long Draw Fire

Date(s)
  
July 8, 2012 (2012-07-08) - July 17, 2012 (2012-07-17)

Burned area
  
557,648 acres (2,257 km)

The Long Draw Fire was a wildfire started by a lightning strike on July 8, 2012 at 6:04pm that burned 557,648 acres in southeastern Oregon, in the Western United States. It is Oregon's largest wildfire since the 1865 Silverton Fire which burned over 1 million acres.

References

Long Draw Fire Wikipedia