At approximately 3:00 PM on July 18, 2009 Eric Keefer, Law Enforcement Ranger for BLM-California’s Bishop Field Office was patrolling in the Bodie Hills area when he saw a lightning strike that ignited a wildfire adjacent to the State Park. After calling his dispatch center (the Owens Valley Interagency Communication Center) he got closer and realized the brush fire had quickly reached flame lengths of 10 to 15 feet, and was heading toward structures in the Bodie State Historic Park
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