Firefighters are hoping to take advantage of milder weather that’s in the forecast today to make progress towards controlling two dangerous brush fires burning in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties. The Woolsey fire has burned more than 35,000 acres of land, and destroyed an estimated 150 homes.
The fire started on Thursday in Simi Valley, hitting communities like Thousand Oaks, Oak Park, and Westlake Village before moving into Calabasas, Malibu, and even the San Fernando Valley. It’s still zero percent contained, and has forced the evacuation of more than 200,000 people.
Highway 101 remains closed in the Agoura Hills area.
The other major fire burning in the region is the nearly 5,000 acre Hill Fire. It hasn’t destroyed any homes, but has burned from the Conejo Grade to the mountains south of Cal State Channel Islands.
