A fast-burning brush fire erupted in California’s Ventura County on Thursday afternoon and quickly spread to 1,500 acres. There was zero containment as of late afternoon and the fire later crossed into Los Angeles County, according to the state Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire).
Evacuation orders have been issued for nine zones and an additional eight zones are under evacuation warnings, the agency said. As of 6:34 p.m. PT, there were no reports of casualties or damage to structures.
Why It Matters
The Canyon Fire is about 90 miles southeast of the massive Gifford Fire, which now covers nearly 100,000 acres. The cause is under investigation.
Temperatures in the area are near 100 degrees and humidity as low as 15 percent. The southern part of California has seen very little rain, drying out vegetation and making it “ripe to burn,” the National Weather Service (NWS) for Los Angeles warned.
What To Know
The Canyon Fire started at 1:25 p.m. local time in a remote mountainous area southeast of Piru Lake, north of Highway 126 and west of the town of Castaic. It is being tackled by the Ventura and Los Angeles county fire departments, Cal Fire said…