Bootleg Fire
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647 square miles1,674 square kilometres167,445 hectares
| Bootleg Fire | |
|---|---|
| Part of the 2021 Oregon wildfires | |
.jpg) The Bootleg Fire burning on July 8, 2021 | |
| Date(s) | July 6, 2021 – August 15, 2021 |
| Location | Beatty, Oregon, United States |
| Coordinates | 42°36′58″N 121°25′16″W / 42.616°N 121.421°W |
| Statistics | |
| Burned area | 413,765 acres 647 square miles1,674 square kilometres167,445 hectares |
| Impacts | |
| Structures destroyed | 408[1] |
| Ignition | |
| Cause | Lightning |
| Map | |
  Location in Southern Oregon | |
The Bootleg Fire, named after the nearby Bootleg Spring, was a large wildfire that started near Beatty, Oregon, on July 6, 2021. Before being fully contained on August 15, 2021, it had burned 413,765 acres (167,445 ha; 1,674 km2; 647 sq mi).[2] It is the third-largest fire in the history of Oregon since 1900.[3][4] At the fire's fastest growth in mid July, it grew at about 1,000 acres (400 ha) per hour,[5] and it became the second largest wildfire in the United States of the 2021 wildfire season.[6][7]
July
The Bootleg Fire was first reported on July 6, 2021, at around 1:42 pm PDT near Beatty, Oregon.[2] The Bootleg Fire merged with the smaller Log Fire to the east on July 19, 2021.[8][9]
As the Bootleg Fire burned east, it approached Mitchell Monument, a memorial to the only civilians killed in the 48 U.S. states during World War II.[10] To protect the historic site, fire crews trimmed low-hanging tree branches and built a fire line around the monument site. They also wrapped the tree scarred by the Japanese balloon bomb explosion and the stone monument in a fire-resistant material similar to the material used for firefighters' emergency shelters. As a result, when the fire passed through the adjacent forest, the monument was undamaged.[11][12]
Cause
Lightning was the cause of the fire.[2]
Containment
The fire was 100% contained on August 15, 2021.[13] At one point, over 2,200 personnel were fighting the fire.[14]
