Lightning ignites multiple small fires across SoCal amid heat wave, red flag warnings

Lightning ignited several small fires across Southern California on Saturday.

A few fires were sparked on Saturday morning in the Angeles National Forest, prompting responses from firefighters at locations from Mount Baldy to the Antelope Valley, officials said.

Shortly after 9 a.m., U.S. Forest Service firefighters responded to a tree fire caused by a lightning strike on Mt. Baldy Road, near the Manker Flat campground, the agency said…

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