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Fire Investigators Trying To Determine Cause Of Blaze In Ventura County

(Ventura County Fire Department Photo)
Brush fire blackens about five acres of land in Moorpark

Fire investigators are trying to determine the cause of a brush fire which caused a brief scare in eastern Ventura County.

The fire was discovered at around 6:30 Sunday night off of Highway 118 near Collins Drive in Moorpark.

More than 80 Ventura County firefighters aided by water dropping helicopters got the upper hand on the blaze in about 90 minutes. 

It was fully contained at around five acres burned.  No structures were damaged.

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.