Over a dozen lightning strikes have caused brush fires throughout California this week.
A series of dry thunderstorms, meaning a storm with lightning and little to no rain, roared from the southwest desert area on Tuesday bringing over a thousand lighting strikes during increased temperatures.
The National Weather Service (NWS) reported numerous fires appeared to have been ignited due to extreme lightning in southeast Monterey County and southwest Fresno County around 3:00 a.m. Tuesday…