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Firefighters get upper hand on brush fire burning in northeastern Ventura County

A brush fire was burning in the hills northeast of Simi Valley Friday afternoon.
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A brush fire was burning in the hills northeast of Simi Valley on Friday afternoon.

No homes were threatened by the blaze northeast of Simi Valley.

Firefighters have stopped a brush fire burning in northeastern Ventura County.

The blaze began around 12:45 p.m. Friday in the hills northeast of Yosemite Avenue in Simi Valley.

No homes were threatened. As of 2 p.m. Friday, it had burned about 20 acres of brush. By 3:30, firefighters had stopped the growth of the fire at around 25 acres burned.

About 100 Ventura County firefighters, aided by air tankers and helicopters, were able to stop the fire. One firefighter injury was reported..

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.