As Thomas blaze grows, firefighters continue the battle: 'This fire is a beast and you're gonna kill it'
by Joseph Serna, Los Angeles Times
Dec 13, 2017
2 minutes
LOS ANGELES - The Thomas fire, which has burned through Ventura County for more than a week and entered Santa Barbara County over the weekend, has now scorched 237,500 acres and is 25 percent contained, fire officials said Wednesday.
The fire, which ignited Dec. 4, grew by 1,500 acres overnight, a Ventura County Fire Department public information officer tweeted Wednesday.
"Firefighters made good progress overnight," the
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