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Thunderbolt Escaped Prescribed Fire 2021

  • Incident Information:

    Thunderbolt Escaped Prescribed Fire FLA

  • Location:

    Wyoming

  • Date:

    05/27/2021

  • Incident Type:

    Wildfire Declaration

  • Description:

    A forest burned machine slash piles in two timber sales from April 16-22, 2021. On May 20, 2021, after the snow had melted, smoke was reported in the vicinity. Although there had been lightning that week, an investigation determined the source was one of the Thunderbolt piles. As a result, the prescribed fire was declared a wildfire on May 27, 2021.

    Escaped Prescribed Fire, Prescribed Fire, Transition

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