Southern California wildfires staying tame despite high heat; dangerous weather persistsMOORPARK, Calif. — All but the most remote sections of a pair of major Southern California wildfires were contained Saturday, but officials warned that dangerous fire weather would persist through the weekend. Southern California wildfire almost fully surrounded; firefighting costs top $6 millionMOORPARK, Calif. — A 27-square-mile wildfire in Southern California is 95 percent contained. 17,500-acre fire in Ventura County, Calif., is 85 percent containedMOORPARK, Calif. — A 27-square-mile Southern California wildfire was 85 percent contained Friday as the withering Santa Ana winds that had fanned it faded away. 17,500-acre fire in Ventura County, Calif., is 75 percent contained; 25 homes still threatened
Southern California wildfire 75 percent contained Firefighters make progress on Ventura Co. Fire thanks to break in windy weatherMOORPARK, Calif. — Firefighters are stepping up their attack on the blaze burning in the mountains of Ventura County as hot and dry winds die down in Southern California. Helicopters, bulldozers in ‘full attack’ on Southern California wildfireMOORPARK, Calif. — A fleet of helicopters made water drops as bulldozers carved firebreaks Thursday to try to stop a 25-square-mile wildfire burning through an agricultural region of Southern California. Helicopters, bulldozers launch ‘full attack’ on Southern California wildfireMOORPARK, Calif. — Helicopters are dropping water as bulldozers carve firebreaks to stop a 25-square-mile wildfire burning through an agricultural region of Southern California. Southern California wildfire threatens homes, agriculture industryMOORPARK, Calif. — Crews planned heavy air attacks Thursday at daybreak to halt the spread of a Southern California wildfire that has chewed through more than 25 square miles of bone-dry brush, threatening dozens of homes as well as a multimillion-dollar agriculture industry and valuable oil production fields. Southern California wildfire threatens ranches, orchards, homes amid high heat and windsMOORPARK, Calif. — Firefighters guarded rural homes, ranches and orchards Wednesday as a wind-driven wildfire grew to more than 25 square miles on a march through rugged land between small Southern California communities. Southern California wildfire grows to 9,700 acres amid hot, dry, gusty weatherMOORPARK, Calif. — A wildfire burning in Southern California’s Ventura County has grown to 9,700 acres. Lull in winds around 8,500-acre Southern California wildfire; air attack resumesMOORPARK, Calif. — An 8,500-acre wildfire continues to churn through rugged hills and mountains of Southern California’s Ventura County, but some areas are experiencing a lull in winds. California wildfire closes college, threatens 1,000 homes as hot, gusty winds fan flamesMOORPARK, Calif. — An 8,500-acre wildfire in the Ventura County hills closed a college on Wednesday and threatened 1,000 homes as hot, gusty Santa Ana winds fanned the flames. California college closed as wildfire spreads over 13 square miles in hot, dry conditionsMOORPARK, Calif. — A California college threatened by a 13-square-mile wildfire has closed as flames burned in hills above the campus. Wildfire spreads over 8,500 acres in hot, dry Ventura County, 10 percent containedMOORPARK, Calif. — A wildfire stoked by the notoriously hot and dry Santa Ana winds has burned some 8,500 acres in the hills of Ventura County, where airtankers — including a DC-10 jumbo jet and big helitankers — have bombarded flames with retardant and water. Wildfire burns 8,500 acres in Southern California’s Ventura County, 10 percent containedMOORPARK, Calif. — A wind-whipped wildfire burning in the rural hills above Ventura County in Southern California has spread over 8,500 acres, or more than 13 square miles. Wildfire near Southern California city of Moorpark grows to 6,000 acres, threatens rural homesMOORPARK, Calif. — A wildfire burning near the Southern California city of Moorpark has grown to 6,000 acres as hot and dry Santa Ana winds sweep the region. Gusty Santa Ana winds spread new wildfires in hot, dry Southern CaliforniaMOORPARK, Calif. — New wildfires threatened homes in Southern California on Tuesday as hot and dry Santa Ana winds turned the region into a tinder box. Gusty Santa Ana winds spread new wildfire in hot, dry Southern CaliforniaMOORPARK, Calif. — A new wildfire erupted in Southern California on Tuesday as windy, dry and hot weather turned the region into a tinder box. Wildfire burns in Southern California; no homes threatenedMOORPARK, Calif. — A wildfire is burning in Southern California, and dozens of firefighters are being called to the scene. |