Southern California was seeing its first significant Santa Ana wind condition.
The strong, hot, dry, dust-bearing winds typically descend to the Pacific Coast from inland desert regions during the fall. They have fueled some of the largest and most damaging fires in recent California history.
The National Weather Service said Riverside County could see winds of 15 to 25 mph through Tuesday with gusts as high as 40 miles per hour . The weather service issued a red flag warning of extreme fire danger through Tuesday afternoon for parts of Los Angeles and Riverside counties.
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