The geographic location of the case in this study (IMAGE)

Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

The geographic location of the case in this study

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The geographic location of the case in this study. The background shows the fire scene, where the intense smoke indicates extremely fierce flames. Combined with the fire source identified by local firefighters after the incident (upper right corner)—a lightning strike that penetrated the tree vertically from top to bottom—this evidence confirms the cause of the fire.

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QU Zhengyang

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