{{Short description|2018 wildfire in the U.S. state of Oregon}} {{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox wildfire | title = Jack Knife Fire |partof=the [[2018 Oregon wildfires]] | image = 2018 06 23-18.47.00.905-CDT.jpg | caption = Jack Knife Fire on June 22, 2018 | cost = | injuries = | fatalities = | reference = <ref name="InciWeb">{{cite web|title=Jack Knife Fire|url=https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5864/|website=InciWeb|publisher=US Bureau of Land Management|accessdate=24 June 2018|archive-date=11 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711234935/https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5864/|url-status=dead}}</ref> <!-- ONLY FOR INDIVIDUAL FIRES --> | date = {{Start date|2018|6|20}} – {{End date|2018|7|6}} | location = [[Kent, Oregon|Kent]], [[Oregon]], [[United States]] | coordinates = {{coord|45.272|-120.613|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_map = USA Oregon | pushpin_map_caption = Location of fire in Oregon. | area = {{Convert|15676|acre|km2|0}} | buildings = | cause = | landuse = | perps = | motive = }} The '''Jack Knife Fire''' was a [[wildfire]] five miles north of [[Kent, Oregon]] in the [[United States]]. The fire was started by lightning on June 20, 2018, around 3:00 pm, just west of the [[John Day River]]. The fire burned {{Convert|15676|acre|km2|0}}.
==Events==
The Jack Knife fire was started on June 20, 2018, by a lightning strike, along the [[John Day River]], five miles north of [[Kent, Oregon]]. The fire was one of 70 wildfires started in Oregon due to lightning strikes over a two-day period. By June 23, the fire had spread to {{Convert|2000|acre|km2|0}}, moving along the river and north to Wilson Point and south to Adobe Point.<ref name="IW623">{{cite web |title=Update June 23, 2018 Jack Knife Fire - InciWeb the Incident Information System |url=https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/article/5864/43417/ |website=inciweb.nwcg.gov |accessdate=24 June 2018 |language=en |archive-date=24 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624063913/https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/article/5864/43417/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
By June 26, the fire had grown to {{Convert|15676|acre|km2|0}} as the result of hot and dry weather. It was contained on July 6.<ref name="InciWeb"/>
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[[Category:2018 Oregon wildfires]] [[Category:June 2018 in the United States]] [[Category:Sherman County, Oregon]]
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