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Weather conditions are hampering the work of firefighters attacking the Timber Fire burning in the Big Sur area of Monterey County on Wednesday, as lightning strikes plague the area, endangering Cal Fire crews. “Conditions across the Timber Fire are generating active cloud-to-ground lightning strikes, forcing ground crews to temporarily disengage from containment lines and fall back to designated safe zones for firefighter safety,” said Cal Fire on Wednesday afternoon. There is a 15-20% chance of thunderstorms through the afternoon and evening in the area, which Cal Fire said is creating el...
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Weather conditions are hampering the work of firefighters attacking the Timber Fire burning in the Big Sur area of Monterey County on Wednesday, as lightning strikes plague the area, endangering Cal Fire crews. “Conditions across the Timber Fire are generating active cloud-to-ground lightning strikes, forcing ground crews to temporarily disengage from containment lines and fall back to designated safe zones for firefighter safety,” said Cal Fire on Wednesday afternoon. There is a 15-20% chance of thunderstorms through the afternoon and evening in the area, which Cal Fire said is creating el...
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AIPROPX has consolidated 3 reports from 3 outlets into a single canonical entry on “Lightning strikes in Monterey County hamper Timber Fire attack.” Every covered outlet is based in Other.
The earliest report in this entry came from NBC Bay Area (Aug 12, 2026, 10:51 UTC); the most recent came from DailyVoice.com (Aug 13, 2026, 14:08 UTC).
Comparing the wording across sources, 1 named entity is referenced by multiple outlets and the phrase recurring most across the coverage is “lightning strikes”.
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