Wildfire

SQF Lightning Complex fires

19 Aug 2020 · 36.26° N, 118.50° W

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When
19 Aug 2020
Kind
Wildfire
Coordinates
36.26° N, 118.50° W
Description
2020 wildfire burning in Tulare County, California
Cause
lightning strike

SQF Complex

2020 wildfire in Central California

The SQF Complex fire—also called the SQF Lightning Complex—was a wildfire complex that burned in Tulare County in Central California in 2020. Comprising the Castle and Shotgun fires, it affected Sequoia National Forest and adjacent areas. Both fires began on August 19, 2020, and burned a combined total of 175,019 acres before the complex as a whole was declared 100 percent contained on January 6, 2021.

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