California heatwave sparks wildfires
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Lightning forks over the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge as a storm passes over Oakland, Calif., today. Numerous lightning strikes early Sunday sparked brush fires throughout the region.2/10
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A rare lightning storm crackles over Mitchell's Cove in Santa Cruz, California around 3 a.m. today. The severe storm system rolled through the San Francisco and Monterey Bay areas early today, packing a combination of dry lightning and high winds that triggered wildfires throughout the region. The National Weather Service extended a red flag fire warning for the entire Bay Area until 11 a.m. Monday morning.3/10
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Smoke from a vegetation fire caused by a lightning strike rises up into the early morning sky as rain begins to fall in Brentwood, Calif., today.4/10
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A firefighter extinguishes a hot spot from a vegetation fire caused by a lightning strike on Marsh Creek Road in Brentwood, Calif., today.5/10
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A firefighter extinguishes a hot spot from a vegetation fire caused by a lightning strike on Marsh Creek Road in Brentwood, Calif., today.6/10
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A vegetation fire caused by a lightning strike burns in the distance on seen from Deer Valley Road in Brentwood, Calif., today.7/10
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A CHP officer directs traffic at the corner of Marsh Creek Road and Deer Valley Road as a vegetation fire burns in the distance in Brentwood, Calif., on today.8/10
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A firefighter extinguishes a hot spot from a vegetation fire caused by a lightning strike on Marsh Creek Road in Brentwood, Calif., today.9/10
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Smoke from a wildfire, one of several that comprise the Deer Zone fires, billows over unincorporated Contra Costa County, Calif., today. Firefighters scrambled to contain multiple blazes, sparked by widespread lightning strikes throughout the region, as a statewide heat wave continues.10/10
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An air tanker drops retardant while battling one of several wildfires comprising the Deer Zone fires a unincorporated Contra Costa County, Calif., today.
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