Easy Brush Fire Forces 30,000 Ventura County Residents Out Of Homes; What Was It Like For Evacuees?

KCLU | By Lance Orozco

Published October 31, 2019 at 7:24 AM PDT

Firefighters on the northbound 23 near Tierra Rejada Wednesday afternoon, working to keep the fire from jumping it and burning southwest

The Easy Fire forced thousands of evacuations Wednesday, with as many as 7,000 homes threatened at the peak of the blaze. Many people only had minutes to leave. KCLU's Lance Orozco talks with some evacuees about their experiences.

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Lance Orozco

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.

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