The Stayman Flats fire that forced people to leave their homes near Lake Chelan this week was likely started by a single, “rogue” lightning strike.
According to the Spokane Spokesman-Review, the National Weather Service reported a lightning strike around 5:00 a.m. Monday.
No one reported the fire until about nine hours after the strike.
The lightning hit near Stayman Flats Road, ground zero for the wildfire that spread to two square miles, five miles from the town of Chelan.
Weather service meteorologist Rocco Pelatti says the rogue strike came from the “anvil” — or top of a cloud.
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