A Klamath Falls cattle ranch is fighting two multimillion dollar lawsuits — including one from the federal government — and denying that its gas-powered all-terrain vehicle sparked a 2018 wildfire that burned more than 59,000 acres in Klamath and Lake counties.

J-Spear Ranch argues it “lacks significant knowledge” of when and how the Watson Creek Fire started in August 2018, saying the ranch is not responsible for millions of dollars in damage caused to tens of thousands of acres in the Fremont-Winema National Forest and thousands of acres on neighboring private forestland, according to documents filed in U.S. District Court in Medford.

The federal government wants damages for fighting the Watson Creek Fire in an amount to be determined at trial, but alleged to be “in excess of $14 million” for the wildfire that burned 45,928 acres of federal land, according to the lawsuit filed against the ranch June 16.

Green Diamond Resource Company of Washington said it lost 12,700 acres in the wildfire, and wants damages “in excess of $7.75 million” for “lost timber, reduced carbon offsets, reforestation and reforestation costs and other fire-related damages,” according to its lawsuit filed against the ranch May 7.