The Jack Knife Fire was a

wildfire A wildfire, forest fire, bushfire, wildland fire or rural fire is an unplanned, uncontrolled and unpredictable fire in an area of Combustibility and flammability, combustible vegetation. Depending on the type of vegetation present, a wildfire ...

five miles north of

Kent, Oregon Kent is an unincorporated community in Sherman County, Oregon, United States. Kent has a post office with a ZIP code 97033. Kent lies at the intersection of U.S. Route 97 and Dobie Point Road, between Grass Valley to the north and Shaniko to ...

in the

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. The fire was started by lightning on June 20, 2018, around 3:00 pm, just west of the

John Day River The John Day River is a tributary of the Columbia River, approximately long, in northeastern Oregon in the United States. It is known as the Mah-Hah River by the Cayuse people, the original inhabitants of the region. Undammed along its entire ...

. The fire burned .

Events

The Jack Knife fire was started on June 20, 2018, by a lightning strike, along the

, five miles north of

. The fire was one of 70 wildfires started in Oregon due to lightning strikes over a two-day period. By June 23, the fire had spread to , moving along the river and north to Wilson Point and south to Adobe Point. By June 26, the fire had grown to as the result of hot and dry weather. It was contained on July 6.

References

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