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Firefighters Battle 250-Acre Brush Fire in Solimar Beach

Mandatory evacuations affecting some 50 to 60 residents, as well as campers, near the Solimar Beach area were also lifted.

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The California Highway Patrol shut down a stretch of the Pacific Coast Highway, the northbound 101 Freeway at Highway 33, the southbound 101 Freeway at Bates Avenue, and the Union Pacific Railroads.


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Santa Paula firefighters attack hot spots from the Solimar Fire along 101 Freeway.


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About 145 firefighters were at the scene of the fire, according to the Ventura County Fire Department.

Maks said sparks and a burning bush hit their auto on the Southern California freeway, and they barely saw anything because of the smoke.

A wind-fueled brush fire that charred 1,236 acres near a Ventura County beach is now 70 percent contained, Cal Fire officials said.

The strike team, consisting of 18 firefighters, was dispatched at 6:44 a.m.to join more than 600 others in battling the blaze pushed by a strong northwest wind, which has spread to least 1,250 acres (506 hectares) of land, and which now poses a threat to oil, gas, power and rail infrastructure, according to the Ventura County Sheriff Department’s Office of Emergency Services. Fire officials could not be reached for an update. ‘It’s a very dynamic fire.

Two firefighters suffered minor ankle and knee injuries and were taken to area hospitals. There were no reports of damage to structures.

“There was nobody stopping us on the highway as we got closer and closer, so we thought it was totally safe for us to drive past it”, Maaike Maks told CNN.

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At around 2am local time on Saturday in a video posted on Facebook, Ventura County Fire Department Captain Steve Kaufman said the fire was near the beach, “bumping up against the roadway”.

Firefighters Battle 250-Acre Brush Fire in Solimar Beach