CG lightning can occur with both positive and negative polarity. The polarity is that of the charge in the region that originated the lightning leaders. An average bolt of negative lightning carries an electric current of 30,000 amperes (30 kA), and transfers 15 coulombs of electric charge and 500 megajoules of energy.
Statewide, 19 wildfires greater than 1,000 acres in area are currently raging, according to the NIFC. The active fires have ravaged more than 630,000 acres, destroying approximately 200 homes and threatening another 12,000, according to Washington state officials.
According to police, the first of two fires in northwest Washington happened at 5:05 a.m. in the 1700 block of Euclid Street NW. Police said there were no reports of injuries. At approximately 8:09 a.m four row houses were damaged in a second fire at 14th and Meridian Place NW. Police did not have information regarding injuries in this fire.