Just before 5:00 am Tuesday, thunderstorms began causing lightning strikes which started two small fires while also taking out power to 2,858 per Pacific Gas and Electric. The outage were for parts of Brentwood, Discovery bay and all of Byron.
Contra Costa County Fire responded to Byron in the area of Falcon and Armstrong where a lightning strike started a small roadside fire. By 5:15 am, a third fire in the area was reported.
Update, the third fire was estimated at approximately at 1-acre in side with slow spread per BC9 on scene off Byron Hot Springs…