Ventura County brush fire that quickly grew to more than 1,200 acres, prompted mandatory evacuations and temporarily forced the closure of a section of Pacific Coast Highway is now about 70% contained, officials said Sunday.
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Firefighters assess the Solimar Fire in Ventura County, off the 101 Freeway, on Saturday.
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Fire officials had earlier reported that parts of the Pacific Coast highway also were closed, but Ms Sumagaysay said she was not aware of that.
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A brush fire burned 1,238 acres in Solimar Beach near Ventura, prompting mandatory evacuations and temporarily closing the 101 Freeway in both directions Saturday morning.
Maaike Maks and her family were shocked to find themselves surrounded by the Solimar wildfire, as they were driving through Ventura County.
GENE BLEVINS/REUTERS Fire photographer Tod Sudmeier gets hit with flying embers from strong winds. A passenger in the vehicle can he heard yelling “we will catch fire!”
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”.
Windy conditions should prevail into Sunday, at which point a wind advisory should still be in effect. The fire was 60% contained as 5 p.m., according to the Ventura County Fire Department. “As we started getting closer, I made a decision to record the fire we saw next to us, as I had never seen this before”. Residents living in Faria Beach and campers at Emma Woods State Beach were placed under voluntary evacuations. The blaze had also stopped rail traffic through the region. However, no homes burned and the evacuations were lifted by nightfall.
Ventura Fire Chief Fred Burris said the soonest the fire would be under complete control would be Tuesday. Firefighters would work to monitor the blaze, expected to be less than an acre in size, through the day.
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About 30 homes were threatened by the blaze, according to the Ventura County Fire Department.
