Ventura fire crews put out fire at homeless encampment

Ventura firefighters extinguished a vegetation fire that broke out in a river bottom near a homeless encampment Saturday morning.

The fire was reported at around 10 a.m. near the Emma Wood Group Campground.

Crews located a 30-foot by 30-foot fire near the river bottom that had burned a large pile of human debris and trash.

The fire spread into the brush and began encroaching on a Union Pacific train trestle.

Ventura County Air unit made multiple water drops and stopped the fire from spreading.

Crews from Ventura County and Ventura city fire departments were able to put out the fire in about an hour and a half.

The cause of the fire is under investigation and there were no witnesses.

Anyone with information about the cause of the fire is asked to contact the Ventura Fire Department at (805) 339-4300.