Evacuations have been ordered on the Cal State Channel Islands campus Thursday morning when a brush hearth broke out within the Camarillo space in Ventura County.
Firefighters and water-dropping plane responded to the Laguna Hearth at about 9 a.m. off Laguna Street within the Oxnard plains. The fireplace was estimated at 15 acres with a fast fee of unfold in medium brush.
Water-dropping plane responded to the hillside lined in dry brush, positioned simply west of the CSU Channel Islands campus and about 60 miles west of downtown Los Angeles
Winds have been gusting at 20 mph to 30 mph within the space.
#lagunafire; #VCFD is on scene of an roughly 2 acre brush hearth off of Laguna Street within the Oxnard plains. Arriving items report hearth is in medium brush with a fast fee of unfold. Firefighters are aggressively attacking the fireplace from the air and floor with further… pic.twitter.com/qYz2nLj8ql
— VCFD PIO (@VCFD_PIO) January 23, 2025
The fireplace began on a day of crimson flag warnings in Ventura County and Los Angeles County, the place firefighters have been gaining floor on three main fires.
The area is beneath extreme to excessive drought circumstances after a dry begin to the moist season in Southern California. After two seasons of above-average rainfall, a months-long dry spell left hillsides lined in dry brush, offering gas for wildfires.
Below a crimson flag warning, any fires that do begin usually tend to unfold at a fast fee behind robust winds. Flying embers additionally velocity a brush hearth’s unfold. Highly effective gusts can forged sizzling embers for miles, beginning spot fires forward of the principle hearth line in a nightmare state of affairs for firefighters.
