Lion Fire

{{Short description|2011 wildfire in Central California}}

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{{Infobox wildfire

| title = Lion Fire

| image = LionFireMODIS.jpg

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| caption =The Lion Fire as seen from space via MODIS satellite on July 29, 2011.

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| reference = {{cite web|title=Lion Fire|url=http://cdfdata.fire.ca.gov/incidents/incidents_details_info?incident_id=545|website=CAL FIRE|access-date=27 August 2015}}{{cite web|title=Wildfire Interactions of the 2011 Lion Fire and Recent Wildfires on the Sequoia National Forest and Sequoia National Park|url=http://www.fs.fed.us/adaptivemanagement/pub_reports/reports/Lion_Wildfire_Interactions_Final.pdf|website=US Forest Service|publisher=USFS|access-date=27 August 2015|date=July 2012}}

| date = {{Unbulleted list|{{Start date|2011|07|31}} – |{{End date|2011|08|12}}}}

| location = Sequoia National Forest, Tulare County, California

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| area = {{convert|20,674|acre|km2|0}}

| cause = Lightning

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The Lion Fire was the 3rd largest fire of the 2011 California wildfire season.{{cite web|title=Large Fires 2011|url=http://cdfdata.fire.ca.gov/pub/cdf/images/incidentstatsevents_214.pdf|website=CAL FIRE|access-date=21 August 2015|archive-date=24 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160824154833/http://cdfdata.fire.ca.gov/pub/cdf/images/incidentstatsevents_214.pdf|url-status=dead}} The fire, which was the result of a lightning strike, burned {{convert|20,674|acre|km2|0}} of land in the Sequoia National Forest. As the fire grew it forced the evacuations of many popular campgrounds in Sequoia National Park.{{cite news|title=Lion Fire Grows To 11,411 Acres|url=http://www.turnto23.com/news/your-neighborhood/mountain/lion-fire-grows-to-11-411-acres|access-date=27 August 2015|agency=KERO-TV|publisher=ABC|date=26 July 2011}}

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