Dry lightning strikes sparked two fires in the Antelope Valley area Friday afternoon, a county fire official said.
The National Weather Service describes dry lightning as cloud-to-ground lightning without any rain nearby.
The first fire was reported at 3:35 p.m. in the 12000 block of West Avenue D at 125th Street West, Capt. Mark Savage of the Los Angeles County Fire Department said.
Five acres of medium brush had burned by 4 p.m., Savage said.
A second fire was reported at 4 p.m. at Avenue J and 110th Street West, he said.
"They said there would be some dry lightning strikes that could cause some problems, and we're seeing that is what is happening," Savage said.
No structures were threatened by either of the fires.
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