Guiberson Fire [Ventura County] 9-23
The fire has burned 16,100 acres of mostly grassland and is 40% contained. The windy, high temperature, low humidity weather conditions continue.
Campus Canyon Elementary, Walnut Canyon Elementary and Moorpark College are closed because of poor air quality from the smoke.
In additional to farms and ranches, the fire is threatening oil production fields, five 220-kilovolt power lines, and a 36-foot above-ground gas line.
The fire started at approximately 10:33 AM PDT on 22 September south of Guiberson Road in Ventura County. Probable cause is suspected spontaneous combustion of manure at a ranch.
There have been 4 reported injuries among firefighters.
Currently there are 84 engines, 18 hand crews, 9 bulldozers, 4 water tenders, 12 helicopters, 8 air tankers, and 864 personnel assigned to the fire. To date cost $1.1 million.
Links: Cal Fire Guiberson Fire page, the Enplan Wildfire Viewer, the LA Times Wildfires Page, and their Guiberson Fire Map.
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It’s threatening power lines to Santa Barbara. Great.
If it heats up that gas pipeline, things could get very nasty, very quickly, and an oil field fire wouldn’t be much less damaging.