They weren’t big brush fires, but a pair of blazes off of a freeway in Ventura County made a mess of the Tuesday afternoon commute for tens of thousands of motorists.
The fires broke out just after 3 p.m. Tuesday next to Highway 118 near Kuehner Drive in Simi Valley. The blazes near the eastbound lanes of the freeway didn’t threaten any homes, but caused some lane closures and backed up traffic for hours.
They burned about two acres of brush, and were contained in about two hours. There’s no word yet on what triggered the fires.
