New Wildfire Burning in Simi Valley, CA

30 Oct 2019, 10:41 am

Another brush fire sparked and continued to grow Wednesday night in Southern California (Ventura County). The “Easy Fire” started just before sunrise and as of 8 PM PT had grown to approximately 1,500 acres and threatening 6,500 homes.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1189542945818460161

Mandatory evacuations are in place for parts of Simi Valley, Moorpark, and Thousand Oaks.

EASY FIRE EVACUATION MAP

Another fire that continues to burn in Southern California is the Getty Fire, which remains under extreme fire weather conditions as well. As of 8 PM PT Wednesday, the fire had burned 745 acres and containment rose up from 27 to 39%.

"Winds could be up to 70 mph"

Residents in Los Angeles affected by the #GettyFire will have to wait another day to go home as conditions look to worsen overnight. May Eric Garcetti provides an update. pic.twitter.com/JcrdEvNKpM

— WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) October 29, 2019

GETTY FIRE EVACUATION MAP

In Central California, as of 8 PM PT Wednesday, the Kincade Fire in Sonoma County had containment at 45% with nearly 77,000 acres burned.

Firefighters continue to battle the #KincadeFire in Sonoma County. Weather conditions will worsen this evening, leading to extremely critical fire danger in #CA. Forecast details, https://t.co/QmkxYvStqV pic.twitter.com/BgtTeNrMds

— WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) October 29, 2019

KINCADE FIRE EVACUATION INFORMATION

Fire weather conditions will remain at critical (coral) to extreme (pink) on Thursday.

We will continue to update you on the larger wildfires burning across the state.

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New Wildfire Burning in Simi Valley, CA

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