LAKE ISABELLA, Calif. -- Tyler Simmons, 13, is in stable condition at the Kern Valley Hospital after he was stuck by lightning while riding his bike Wednesday morning around nine.

Neighbors said they heard a loud boom and then a child screaming.

“By the time that crash hit, that’s when he threw his bicycle there and started screaming. I didn’t actually see it hit him, but that bolt came right at the time he was passing," said the victim's neighbor.

Witnesses said after Simmons was hit by the lightning he walked all the way around the corner and back to his house where paramedics were called.

ABC23 spoke with the boy's older brother who said he is doing OK.

“They say he is doing good. All they have to do is check the blood. There’s no brain damage, lung damage or anything like that,” said Stephen Corcoran.

According to the National Weather Service the odds of being struck by lightning are 1 in 700,000.

Last year in the United States 340 people were reported being struck by lightning.

The same storm that put Simmons in the hospital also caused six wildfires.

Debbie Santiago with the Bureau of Land Management said, "Mother Nature kind of got mean a few hours ago. The whole area was hit with probably 3,000 lightning strikes. From what I understand, there’s approximately six or seven lightning strikes that the Kern County Fire Department, Bureau of Land Management and Sequoia National Forest are dealing with."

Officials said while the weather caused the fires, now the weather conditions are actually helping, with rain being the biggest ally.

“With this kind of weather it makes dealing with the fire behavior a lot easier, otherwise in the typical 100 degree weather we would be in it for sure today,” said Santiago.

As of Wednesday evening, the fires have burned 53 acres and only one is fully contained.

Fire officials are saying they hope to have all the fires contained by 8 p.m.

Fire officials would like to remind people that fire season is in full force and all homeowners need to clear defensible space around their home by June 9.