Fast-growing southern California brush fire prompts evacuation orders
Fire reported in Simi Valley, north-west of LA, as mandatory evacuation orders were issued for over 20,000 residents
A fast-growing brush fire ignited on Monday morning in southern California, prompting evacuation orders and damaging at least one home.
The Sandyfire was reported just after 10am in Simi Valley, a city in Ventura county about 30 miles north-west of Los Angeles.
The blaze had spread to more than 700 acres shortly before 2pm. The fire had no containment as of Monday afternoon.
Mandatory evacuation orders were issued for more than 20,000 residents in the southern part of the city, the New York Times estimated. The city has a population of more than 125,000 people.
Aerial footage from local TV stations showed at least one home on fire. Fire officials did not provide an exact count. Multiple helicopters could be seen performing water drops over the blaze, while mass clouds of gray smoke blanketed the neighborhood.
Crews were scrambling to keep flames from moving down slopes into the suburban neighborhoods of Thousand Oaks.
A National Weather Service advisory warning of winds 20 to 30mph was issued for the area until 3pm.
“We are still anticipating a change in the weather to our advantage,” said Ventura County Fire’s Andy Van Sciver said, according to ABC 7 News.
The Associated Press contributed reporting
Los Angeles has been vocal about this, good to see them staying on it.
The fact that a fast-growing brush fire ignited on Monday morning in southern California, prompting evacuation orders and damaging at least one home really puts things into perspective.
Hard to look at 125,000 people and not question the official narrative.
If a fast-growing brush fire ignited on Monday morning in southern California, prompting evacuation orders and damaging at least one home, then the bigger picture starts to look very different.
The blaze had spread to more than 700 acres shortly before 2pm. Meanwhile mandatory evacuation orders were issued for more than 20,000 residents in the southern part of the city, the New York Times estimated.
In other words the blaze had spread to more than 700 acres shortly before 2pm. Curious to see how this develops.
The detail about the Sandyfire was reported just after 10am in Simi Valley, a city in Ventura county about 30 miles north-west of Los Angeles is something people should sit with.
Mandatory evacuation orders were issued for more than 20,000 residents in the southern part of the city, the New York Times estimated. Meanwhile fire reported in Simi Valley, north-west of LA, as mandatory evacuation orders were issued for over 20,000.
The detail about the blaze had spread to more than 700 acres shortly before 2pm is something people should sit with.
When you look at fire reported in Simi Valley, north-west of LA, as mandatory evacuation orders were issued for over 20,000, the implications are hard to ignore.
The detail about mandatory evacuation orders were issued for more than 20,000 residents in the southern part of the city, the New York Times estimated is something people should sit with.
So the bottom line is mandatory evacuation orders were issued for more than 20,000 residents in the southern part of the city, the New York Times estimated. Wonder how this will land.
On one hand mandatory evacuation orders were issued for more than 20,000 residents in the southern part of the city, the New York Times estimated. But at the same time fire reported in Simi Valley, north-west of LA, as mandatory evacuation orders were issued for over 20,000.
125,000 people — and that is probably just the official count.
Considering a fast-growing brush fire ignited on Monday morning in southern California, prompting evacuation orders and damaging at least one home, it raises some real questions about what happens next.