Swan Lake Fire | |
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Date(s) | June 5, 2019 – |
Location | Five miles northeast of Sterling, Alaska, United States |
Coordinates | 60°37′52″N 150°26′17″W / 60.631°N 150.438°W |
Statistics[1] | |
Burned area | 167,164 acres (67,649 ha) |
Impacts | |
Deaths | 0 |
Non-fatal injuries | 11 |
Structures destroyed | 0 |
Ignition | |
Cause | Lightning strike |
Map | |
The Swan Lake Fire was a large lightning-caused wildfire that burnt between Sterling and Cooper Landing on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska from June 5, 2019, until the autumn of that year.[2] In total, the fire burned approximately 170,000 acres (69,000 hectares).[3]