Huge Wildfire's Unusual Effect On a major scale

This is really neat; a wildfire in southwestern Canada, British Columbia, sent ash/dust all of the way up to the stratosphere (about 120,000 feet), causing a thunderstorm, very reminiscent of what a volcanic eruption would do. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-wildfires-triggered-mega-thunderstorm-with-volcano-like-effects-1.4635569