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Lightning strikes cause for fires

Northern Lakes Fire Marshal Tyler Drechsel, left, and firefighter Tyler Denham work the fire line of a roughly one-acre fire on Monday on private property near Highway 53 and Honu Court. Lightning striking a tree sparked the fire. (JAKE PARRISH/CDA PRESS)

Brian Walker /CDA Press reports: Fire crews responded to three small fires in the Post Falls area believed to have been started by lightning strikes on Sunday afternoon. The fires were in the 15200 block of Riverview Drive, on Nelson Loop in the Hauser area and at 869 S. Breezy Way on the north side of the Spokane River near McGuire Road. More here .

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