At least 30 homes were threatened, according to reports from the Ventura County Fire Department.
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Shortly after 1 a.m. the fire had reached the tunnels at State Beaches, off the 101 just north of Ventura.
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The 1,238-acre blaze in the steep foothills northwest of Ventura was 60 percent contained by nightfall Saturday and no homes burned, fire officials said at a news conference.
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Maks and her family were driving on the highway after attending the National Basketball Association game in Los Angeles between the Lakers and Clippers, and the family was headed to their holiday home in Santa Barbara about 11 p.m. Friday.
More than 600 firefighters are at the scene, which threatens 35 homes in the area.
A downed power line on private property is believed to have sparked the fire, which had burned 1,250 acres by Saturday afternoon, said Tom Kruschke, a spokesman for the Ventura County Fire Department, who didn’t know the identity of the power line’s owner.
As a effect of the fire mandatory evacuations in the Solmar Beach neighborhoods were carried out.
The Red Cross set up a temporary shelter in Carpinteria at the Veteran’s Memorial Building, 941 Walnut Avenue.
Fire officials had earlier reported that parts of the Pacific Coast Highway also were closed, but a fire department spokeswoman said that only a portion that overlaps 101 was closed.
One state park campground remains closed.
The 101 Freeway was shut down for hours in both directions between state highways 33 and 150. Authorities asked motorists Saturday to use caution on the freeways near the fire. Caltrans conducted a survey on the damage to the northbound and southbound lanes of the 101 Freeway. “Any openings that do happen is subject to being closed again if the fire changes direction”, Plott said.
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There have been no injuries or structures lost with this fire.
