Second Fire Near Ventura Homeless Encampments
A second start occurred just after 1pm on June 30th Saturday afternoon. The fire burned an area adjacent to the burn yesterday and consumed more encampment items that had been abandoned. The cause of the second fire today was unknown; Ventura Fire Department has been patrolling the area for the past 24 hours with no problems noted until the incident.
The fire consumed.33 acres and was knocked down and extinguished by members of the Ventura, Oxnard and Ventura County Fire department. Units are still assigned to the incident as of this update– at 16:37.
Prior release:
On June 29th at 12:52 PM, Ventura City Fire Department was dispatched to multiple reports of a fire burning in the Santa Clara river bed near the Ventura water treatment plant. First arriving firefighters reported a well-established fire burning in vegetation around several homeless encampments. Firefighters used three – 20 person hand crews, a water dropping helicopter and six engine companies to eventually contain blaze at seven acres after six hours.
Harbor Blvd. was closed and Ventura River Haven was evacuated as a precaution during the course of firefighting operations. Ventura PD and CHP controlled traffic in support of the fire suppression efforts. No firefighters were injured as a result of this incident. The cause of the fire is suspected to be from an escaped cooking fire in one of many homeless encampments in the area.
Photo Credit: Ventura City Fire Department June 29th 2018
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