[8][9] As the Bootleg Fire burned east, it approached Mitchell Monument, a memorial to the only civilians killed in the 48 U.S. states during World War II.

[1] The historic Merritt Creek trestle along the OC&E Woods Line State Trail was also destroyed.

An estimated 4.2 million new seedlings are planned to be planted in the burn zone to offset the loss of the original trees.

[17] The fire contributed to haze across the United States and vivid red sunrises and sunsets as far away as Boston and New York City.

[18][19] Heat and smoke from the Bootleg Fire generated pyrocumulus and pyrocumulonimbus clouds, some reaching as high as 45,000 feet (14,000 m) and bringing lightning strikes and precipitation.