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Authorities Monday were looking for the person or persons who set a series of tree fires Monday morning near the Sierra Highway in Lancaster.
The three fires appeared to have been set in five-minute intervals starting at 12:30 a.m. around Sierra Highway and Avenue P-12, said Los Angeles County Fire Department Dispatch Supervisor Ed Pickett.
The fires were put out quickly with minimal damage and no injuries to firefighters or civilians, Pickett said.
Investigators were considering the fires as possible arson, he said.
—City News Service