Easy Fire

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Easy Fire
Date(s)
  • October 30, 2019 (2019-10-30) –
  • November 2, 2019 (2019-11-02)
LocationSimi Valley, Ventura County, California
Coordinates34°16′56″N 118°48′12″W / 34.282179°N 118.803389°W / 34.282179; -118.803389
Statistics
Burned area1,806 acres (731 ha)
Impacts
Non-fatal injuries3[1]
Structures destroyed3[1]
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Easy Fire is located in southern California
Easy Fire
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The Easy Fire was a wildfire that burned in Simi Valley, Ventura County, California. The fire burned 1,806 acres (731 ha) in October 2019.[2]

Progression

The Easy Fire began October 30, 2019 at approximately 6:00 a.m. near a Southern California Edison transmission line, which was still active amid a public safety power shutoff due to high winds.[3] The point of ignition was near Easy Street and Madera Road at the westerly end of Simi.

The fire was extinguished on November 2, 2019.[2] The final report of investigators determined that the combination of extreme wind conditions and an insulator, attached to high voltage power lines, that swung into a steel power pole caused the fire.[4]

Effects

As the fire was pushed towards Moorpark on October 30, over 1,000 homes were threatened and 26,000 Ventura County residents were evacuated due to the fire. The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library was almost completely surrounded by the fire.[5] Goats were credited in protecting the rural, hillside museum. They had earlier cleared the brush to create a defensible space around the buildings.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Staff. "Easy Fire: More Than 1,700 Acres Burned; All Evacuation Orders Lifted". LAist. Archived from the original on November 1, 2019. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Easy Fire". CalFire. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
  3. ^ Ryan Carter and David Rosenfeld (October 31, 2019). "Southern California Edison discloses that a power line was active near apparent origin of Easy fire". The Press-Enterprise. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
  4. ^ Orozco, Lance (October 22, 2020). "Investigators Determine Causes Of Two Major Ventura County Wildfires Which Forced Thousands To Flee". KCLU News. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
  5. ^ Matt Stieb (October 30, 2019). "Reagan Library Evacuated As Easy Fire Encroaches". Intelligencer. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
  6. ^ May, Patrick (October 31, 2019). "A shout-out to those grass-gnawing goat fire brigades". The Mercury News. Retrieved November 2, 2019.


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