Piru area fire burns 90 acres
By Anonymous — Wednesday, August 29th, 2012
What started as a 10-acre consuming fire, spread to 90 last Sunday, starting at 9:15am. 49 fire units were called in to attack the fire, located north of Highway 126 at Old Telegraph Road and La Falda Way, east of Piru. Approximately 125 firefighters battled the flames, which traveled northeast up steep canyon walls towards a ridgeline covered in light brush. Units came from Ventura and Los Angeles counties, with Los Padres National Forest hand crews and CalFire also responding. Fire retardant was dropped form fixed-wing aircraft, and bulldozers and helicopters joined in to build containment lines and drop water lifted from a reservoir off the highway (above). The fire was contained by 5pm, Sunday.
What started as a 10-acre consuming fire, spread to 90 last Sunday, starting at 9:15am. 49 fire units were called in to attack the fire, located north of Highway 126 at Old Telegraph Road and La Falda Way, east of Piru. Approximately 125 firefighters battled the flames, which traveled northeast up steep canyon walls towards a ridgeline covered in light brush. Units came from Ventura and Los Angeles counties, with Los Padres National Forest hand crews and CalFire also responding. Fire retardant was dropped form fixed-wing aircraft, and bulldozers and helicopters joined in to build containment lines and drop water lifted from a reservoir off the highway (above). The fire was contained by 5pm, Sunday.