California Wildfire: Air Attack to Resume as Fire Rages
The air attack against a wildfire that has burned through more than 10,000 acres in Ventura County will resume at sunrise, state and county fire officials said Friday.
The Springs fire, which began before 7 a.m. Thursday south of the 101 Freeway in Camarillo, has reached Pacific Coast Highway and threatens 2,000 homes, 100 businesses and more than a dozen other buildings.
Hundreds of residents in Sycamore Canyon, La Jolla Canyon and Broome Ranch have been forced to evacuate.
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The Ventura County Fire Department said the blaze has damaged 15 buildings and is 10% contained.
Since the fire began the weather has been working against emergency responders. The dry air and hot wind pushed the fire deeper into the Ventura County mountains where brush hadn’t burned for decades. The wind pushed the fire toward the the ocean, where it’s expected to shift to an inland breeze. It was unclear Friday morning if the wind had pushed the fire deeper into the brush or slowed the fire’s progress.
About 925 firefighters from across the state are battling the blaze, with “many, many more” on the way to relieve them, said Ventura County fire spokesman Bill Nash.
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