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Originally Posted by stapes
Probably from the electrical wires or gas leaks. Not the thunderstorm itself but man-made and implemented tools. If a thunderstorm occurred in the middle-of-nowhere Canada I doubt there would be a fire.
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Actually, based on the amount of forestation in canada, the likelihood of a thunderstorm causing a fire is quite high. All it would take would be the appropriate combination of dehyrated or dying timber, and a stray lightning bolt.
While a large fraction of forest fires are caused by humans, the majority are still caused by natural events, mostly lightning.
*This statement brought to you by a contracted computer technician working for the United States Department of Agriculture and the United States Forest Service.*