Rare, but it happens: https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-lightning-strikes-southern-california-map-20140729-story.html https://www.latimes.com/local/

Rare, but it happens: https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-lightning-strikes-southern-california-map-20140729-story.html https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-lightning-strik... The existence of adaptations to fire in the Californian ecology is good evidence for it being a significant factor (and if these were in response to human activity, then why not elsewhere?)