Fire crews seeing increased call volume related to rainy weather in Ventura, Oxnard and Camarillo

VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. – Fire crews responded to more than a half dozen vehicle accidents during Thursday's rainy weather.

That included a flood advisory.

"Experiencing quite a few over the evening and actually, I stopped off at one this morning coming in and while i was on scene, another vehicle spun out," said captain Brian McGrath of the Ventura County Fire Department.

McGrath says crews spread out all over the county, responding to accidents, roadway flooding and other weather related incidents.

"Definitely an uptick of calls to standard traffic accidents increased. we had a lot of single vehicle spin outs … luckily, none of them resulted in any serious damage," said McGrath.

"Calls started coming in after midnight county wide specifically more on the west side of the county … responded to multiple traffic accidents we responded to at least three vehicles trapped in the water," said public information officer Andy Vansciver of the Ventura County Fire Department.

Fire crews say as you go about your day, be aware of possible debris on the roadways and slippery road conditions.

"Do not attempt to drive-through flooded conditions. the flooded roadway is flooded. please find another way around," said Vansciver.

Fire crews are also responding to calls from neighborhoods experiencing flooding.

"So we’re in the west side of camarillo in the toronto street and there’s two houses that have been impacted here … so we brought our hand crew in today with a couple hundred sandbags," said Vansciver.

The fire department is patrolling the area, making sure all roads are cleared of storm debris.