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Firefighters Quickly Get Upper Hand On Brush Fire In Eastern Ventura County

(Ventura County Fire Department photo)
Firefighters work to contain brush fire in eastern Ventura County Wednesday

Firefighters are trying to determine the cause of a fast moving brush fire in eastern Ventura County.

The fire was discovered just after 9 a.m. Wednesday, off of Tapo Canyon Road north of Simi Valley. The blazed moved quickly through brush in rugged terrain. Firefighters stopped the growth of the fire in less than two hours, and were focused on mopup work by midday.

It charred just under ten acres of land. No structures were threatened. One firefighter was treated for heat exhaustion.

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.