Thunderstorms brought lightning and wildfire Monday to Central Oregon.

Wildland fire crews were at two small fires and trying to track down another three potential fires, all south of Bend, late Monday afternoon, said Maria Maragni, manager at Central Oregon Interagency Dispatch in Prineville. The fires and smoke reports were between China Hat and Hole in the Ground.

The lightning activity subsided by Monday evening, Maragni said, but fire crews will be on the lookout today for more fires possibly started by the storms.

The National Weather Service detected about 120 lightning strikes, east of La Pine and around the Deschutes-Lake county line, said Jim Smith, a meteorologist with the Weather Service in Pendleton.

Also Monday afternoon, fire crews and Deschutes County Sheriff’s deputies responded to an escaped campfire at North Twin Lake, she said. The small fire was quickly snuffed out.

— From staff reports