Wildfire in Pagami Creek, MN

http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wildfires/story/2011-09-14/minnesota-wildfire/50402672/1

August 18, 2011,http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wildfires/story/2011-09-14/minnesota-wildfire/50402672/1

Lightening strikes in Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in NE Minnesota, which ended up starting a 16 mile run forest fire. By Sept 12, 2011 the Incident Information System reported that the creek fire ran a distance of 16 miles, which reached an excess of 60,000 acres. NASA took satellite imagery of the fast expansion of the fire within hours. The photos show the development of the plume. The fire also created it's own weather, it created thunderstorm clouds, bringing more lightening. The fire caused evacuations in the area and more than 100 firefighters battled the fire starting on September 13, 2011. 
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=52130