Authorities say winds gusting to 50 miles per hour in the area may have downed a power line on private property, sparking the blaze Friday night northwest of Ventura. Over 600 firefighters are on the scene fighting the fire.
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More than 400 California firefighters battled on Sunday to contain a final stretch of wildfire that caused the temporary closure of a major highway and forced evacuations northwest of Los Angeles, officials said. Wind may have felled the power line, he said.
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So far no structures have been burned and no injuries have been reported, authorities said.
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Fire officials had earlier reported that parts of the Pacific Coast Highway (State Route 1) also were closed, but a fire department spokeswoman said only a portion that overlaps USA 101 was closed.
The blaze started shortly before 11 p.m. Friday, forcing evacuations for residents of Solimar Beach and campers at Emma Wood State Park.
Officials said they are working with the California Department of Transportation, or Caltrans, to assess damage to the freeway guardrails before they could reopen US 101 to the busy holiday traffic.
The fire charred some 1,235 acres between the coastal cities of Ventura and Carpinteria.
VENTURA, Calif. (AP) Fire crews have stopped the spread of a wind-whipped wildfire along the Southern California coast, reopened a scenic highway and lifted an evacuation order for dozens of homes. It appears that it will take around three days for officials to completely stop the fire.
California firefighters intend to remain on site to battle the brush fires throughout the night.
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At around 2 a.m. local time on Saturday in a video posted on Facebook, Venture County Fire Department Captain Steve Kaufman said the fire was near the beach, “bumping up against the roadway”. “If you leave any window or door or garage door open, that’s just an entrance for one of these embers… to get into your house”.
