Fire crews battling 60-acre brush fire south of Santa Paula Monday afternoon
SANTA PAULA, Calif. – Over 130 firefighters are on the scene of a 60-acre brush fire in the Santa Clara Riverbed, south of Santa Paula Monday afternoon.
The Ventura County Fire Department shared that the fire is 60 percent contained as of 10 a.m. Tuesday and 30 firefighters remain on the scene.
At 5:04 p.m. an Evacuation Warning was issued for areas south of the Santa Clara River, from golf course north to 12th Street which was lifted at 7:15 p.m. Monday evening.
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The image below from the Ventura County Sheriff Emergency Services-Incident Dashboard shows the area that was under an evacuation warning as the area highlighted in yellow. Santa Paula Freeway, also known as State Route 126, is the red shaded roadway north of the evacuation warning area.
According to the Ventura County Fire Department, winds were pushing the flames east and crews were working to protect a structure threatened by the fire.
Two helicopter units were initially part of the incident and crews requested a third join the response shared the Ventura County Fire Department.
This is an evolving fire response and more information will be added to this article as it becomes available.
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