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Cal State Channel Islands evacuated as brush fire burns in nearby hills

A brush fire is burning in the hills near Cal State Channel Islands Thursday morning.
Ventura County Fire Department
A brush fire is burning in the hills near Cal State Channel Islands Thursday morning.

Blaze reported west of campus, in hills off Lewis Road.

A brush fire has prompted the evacuation of Cal State Channel Islands, in Camarillo.

The fire was reported just after 8:30 this morning. It’s reported to be around three acres, and is putting up a plume of smoke visible in the western part of the county.

The fire is burning in the hills southeast of Lewis Road, and west of the campus.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.