Maria fire in Ventura County erupts to more than 8,000 acres, threatening Somis and Saticoy
by Alex Wigglesworth, Rong-Gong Lin II and Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times
Nov 01, 2019
3 minutes
LOS ANGELES - A fast-moving brush fire whipped by lingering Santa Ana winds exploded to more than 8,000 acres overnight in Ventura County, burning at least one home and forcing mandatory evacuations.
The Maria fire broke out atop South Mountain, just south of Santa Paula, about 6:14 p.m. Thursday and was quickly burning toward the small agricultural towns of Somis and Saticoy. Fire officials say at least two structures have been lost and 1,800 are threatened.
Authorities issued mandatory evacuations for a swath of
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