Suspicious Fires in Ventura – Police look for suspect
Ventura Fire and Police units responded to numerous suspicious fires in multiple areas of the city beginning 9/2/20. Units began responding to suspicious fire incidents at 05:02 AM with a vegetation fire in an agricultural field near Olivas Park and Dr. and Telephone Rd. Upon arrival, units discovered a fire in a tree row and […]
Ventura City Fire Puts Out Blaze at Single Family Resident
On March 17th at 7:37 PM a 911 call was received at the Fire Communication Center to report a structure fire at a residence in the 200 block of Dayloma Ave. Fire personnel arrived on scene within minutes of the initial call and found the residents who stated that a bedroom was on fire. Fire […]
Ventura Fire Fighters Stamp Out Garage Blaze
On March 16th at 3:09 PM Ventura City Fire Department responded to a report of smoke and fire inside a residence on the east end of Ventura on Poinsettia Gardens Drive. Upon arrival firefighters discovered fire burning in an attached garage and extending into void spaces in the wall and ceiling of the residence. After […]
Ventura | Crews put out fire on Walker St.
On November 20th at 9:50 PM, Ventura City Fire Department responded to a report of smoke and flames from an 8’ x 20’ outbuilding in the 5500 Block of Walker St.. Firefighters arrived to find the aforementioned building and an adjacent wooden fence completely involved in fire. The fire was extinguished 20 minutes after firefighters […]
Two fires broke out in West Ventura, near Vagrant Encampment just minutes of each other Friday morning
The first fire involved a vagrant encampment adjacent to the Emma Wood group camp. The area of the fire was nestled deep into a clearing, surrounded by Arundel and local fauna, close to the river mouth. A second fire broke out shortly thereafter in the vicinity of Foster Park that started at approximately 10:34am. The […]
Ventura | Crew puts out Fire in Residence
Ventura and Oxnard fire units responded to a reported structure fire. The first arriving crew found a two story residence with smoke in the interior. All occupants had appropriately evacuated the home after hearing a smoke alarm and seeing smoke. The crew investigated the source and found a fire that had been extinguished by a […]
Ventura | Vehicle Rams into apartment building
Units responded to a vehicle into a residential building. A vehicle struck an unoccupied parked vehicle and then struck an occupied apartment in a multi-unit apartment complex. Upon arrival, emergency crews assessed the residents in the affected and adjacent residential units and the vehicle occupants. Simultaneously, the building was assessed for initial structural integrity. No […]
City of Ventura Fire Crew Knockdown Structure blaze on El Monte
Fire units responded to a reported structure fire in 300 Block of El Monte, east Ventura. The first arriving unit discovered smoke emitting from an upstairs bedroom window in a 2 story residential structure. Crews initiated an interior fire attack and extinguished the remainder of a bedroom fire that had been kept under control by a residential […]
Barranca Fire in City of Ventura
On December 24th at 12:03 AM the Ventura City Fire Department received a report of a fire burning in the barranca adjacent to Camino Real Park. The first arriving engine company discovered a deep seated fire burning on both banks of the barranca immediate threatening three residential structures. Firefighters took quick action to defend the […]
Fire Ravages Ventura Home
A late morning fire ravaged a single family home in East Ventura in the 800 Block Jazmin Ave. just after 10:30am. The first on scene Engine Company found the kitchen, several rooms, and the attic in flames. Crews aggressively fought the fire and searched the building for occupants– based on several reports by bystanders that people […]
