TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — Exactly five years ago tonight, we were in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic and Tucson was receiving some welcome rain.

Little did we know at the time, a lightning strike would turn into one of the most destructive wildfires in Southern Arizona's history.

WATCH FULL STORY: Bighorn Fire: Five years later

During a rare June 5 thunderstorm in Tucson, storm chaser and photographer Donna Ruthruff captured a lightning bolt with her camera.

"I saw just this little pinpoint of light on the side of Pusch Ridge. When I looked at the two pictures side by side, it was pretty obvious that strike started the fire," Ruthruff said.

Named the Bighorn fire for the bighorn sheep who inhabit Pusch Ridge, the wildfire quickly grew. Within days, evacuation orders went out

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