Record-breaking temperatures that stoked a wildfire near Castaic Lake and other Southern California locations will continue to rise Monday and will peak on Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service. The thermometer is expected to climb even higher over the next two days however and the high-desert community is expected to wither under 109-degree heat Monday, according to meteorologist Tom Fisher. It could reach 110 degrees on Tuesday, when the heat wave is expected to peak, he said. Temperatures in the high desert are about 15 degrees above average, Fisher said, with the heat wave expected to cool a few degrees each day starting Wednesday. Over the weekend, Los Angeles County firefighters battled a fast-growing brush fire near Castaic Lake named the Lake Fire.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 19, 2017 15:56 UTC