Don Joaquin and his wife, Sally Joaquin, of Oakley, secure a wire fence to keep their cattle from escaping after a vegetation fire caused by a lightning strike on the hillside along Marsh Creek Road in Brentwood, Calif., Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020. A severe lightning storm caused several fires near the Round Valley Regional Preserve and Morgan Territory Regional Preserve. A severe thunderstorm caused several fires near the Round Valley Regional Preserve and Morgan Territory Regional Preserve. Firefighters scrambled to contain multiple blazes, sparked by widespread lightning strikes throughout the region, as a statewide heatwave continues. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
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