13 May 2013
Earliest lightning-strike fire on record during this blogger’s career in fire management

This lightning-strike fire was found on May 7,2013 in Ignacio Canyon. It was 1/10 of an acre. It was also the earliest fire that I’ve been on in my 10-year-long career as a firefighter. That ponderosa pine was at least 100 feet tall. The next earliest fire for me was May 22, 2004, when I worked on the Montezuma Mesa Fire.