Authorities in Southern California have issued mandatory evacuations, as a fierce wildfire is blazing through lands and threatening dozens of homes, oil wells and underground pipelines.
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About 600 area firefighters are continuing to battle the blaze and are being assisted by at least two water-dropping helicopters. “We’re not out of the woods yet”, says the division chief of Ventura County Fire Department.
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Similar conditions should prevail into Sunday, at which point a wind advisory should still be in effect.
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In a video from the Ventura County Fire Department, Captain Steve Kaufmann reported embers flying through the air from the fire.
The fire started about 11 p.m. on Friday near Ventura, and strong winds as high as 50 miles per hour and dry vegetation caused it to grow rapidly, fire officials said.
Along with portions of the heavily-travelled highway, the nearby Union Pacific rail lines were also closed on Saturday due to the blaze.
Alternative routes include taking the Highway 33 up to State Route 150 towards the 101 Freeway in Santa Barbara.
“It was a rough night”, said Capt. Mike Lindbery, a spokesman for the Ventura County Fire Department. People in Solimar Beach have been ordered to evacuate, while in the small community of Faria Beach on up the coast, people there are under a voluntary evacuation order. It appears that it will take around three days for officials to completely stop the fire.
A private power line downed by offshore winds was blamed for the fast-moving brushfire, firefighters said.
County fire department spokeswoman Heather Sumagaysay said that it is a top priority to get U.S. Highway 101 reopened, as it is a major artery in the area’s roadway system, Yahoo News reported.
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Authorities also have reopened a stretch of the scenic Pacific Coast Highway.
