Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
How does Jeremy say the fire started? How is the fire eventually extinguished?
Chapter 12 of Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry
Chapter 12 of Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry
Jeremy says that lightening struck the fence and started the fire.
I think he says it was started by Lightening. The men have to stamp it out and use water.
The fire is actually put out by a passing thunderstorm, and the reader later learns that it was Papa who started the fire as a distraction.