Firefighters in Angeles National Forest and other areas responded to several small wildfires sparked Saturday by thunderstorms in the region as extreme heat elevated fire danger in Southern California.
The fires in the mountains of Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties burned on a day of red flag warnings that were set to expire Saturday night. An extreme heat warning remains in effect through Sunday.
Firefighters responded to two small lightning fires Saturday morning southwest of Littlerock, near the area of Mount Emma Road and 47th Street, according to Angeles National Forest officials. Another fire was reported in the mountains to the southeast, just west of Wrightwood near Table Mountain…