Firefighters have stopped forward progress of a new brush fire that broke out overnight in Ventura County. The Auto Fire ... seen evidence that electrical equipment there started the blaze.

The bill, introduced on Thursday, calls for Ventura County water districts in high fire risk areas to top ... shutting off power to prevent electrical equipment from sparking fires.

VENTURA, Calif. – Ventura County Fire Public ... and Olivas Park Rd during the fire fight. Helicopters did countless water drops in the dark. Heavy equipment, including a bulldozer went to ...

The fire began threatening some communities just west of Castaic in Ventura County later on Wednesday ... with support from aircraft and dozers, fought aggressively and were challenged by extreme ...

LATEST Jan. 23, 8:45 a.m. The Hughes Fire near Castaic Lake in northern ... lifting warnings in Ventura County and downgrading one zone from an order to a warning. Planes have dropped around ...

As of 7 p.m. more than 37,000 residents from Newbury Park, Santa Paula and Simi Valley, among others, had no energy to their home. Outages, which began Tuesday across Southern California as Santa ...

A new blaze, 'Auto Fire' erupted in the Ventura County neighbourhood late on Monday ... Southern California Edison claims the utility’s equipment sparked the deadly Eaton Fire burning just ...

Southern California Edison shut off power for thousands of Ventura County ... explosive fire growth." SCE said Sunday that fire agencies are investigating whether electrical equipment was ...

Southern California is heading into a day of its most extreme fire ... s equipment could be at a high risk of sparking a wildfire. More than 52,000 SCE customers in Ventura County, 57,000 in ...

according to the Ventura County Fire Department. The blaze was measured at 55.7 acres with 0% containment. As of 6 a.m. Tuesday, crews and about a dozen pieces of equipment remained on scene ...

Edison officials have so far said they do not believe their electrical equipment was responsible ... fires — the 19,904-acre Mountain fire in Ventura County, which razed more than 240 buildings ...

Fire agencies are investigating whether electrical equipment sparked a blaze that ... In November 2018, the Woolsey Fire ignited in Ventura County. The U.S. Department of Justice also announced ...