Emergency Update
All Simi Valley Unified School District schools will be closed Tuesday, October 28, 2003 due to the fires.
All field trips for the week of October 27 have been canceled.
All athletic competitions for October 28 and October 29 will be rescheduled.
Special Board meeting scheduled for October 27, 6:30 pm has been canceled
http://www.simi.k12.ca.us/Brush Fires Burn 105,000 Acres In Ventura County
Brush fires have burned 105,000 acres in Ventura County over the past four days, destroying or damaging dozens of structures and prompting Governor Davis to declare a State of Emergency. The largest fire is the 80,000 acre "Simi Fire" which has burned in the Simi Valley, Moorpark, Somis, Bardsdale and South Mountain areas. That fire flared up in several locations Monday morning with renewed Santa Ana winds, most notably at the east end of the fire near Highway 118 at Rocky Peak. It's threatening the Box Canyon area and Bell Canyon could have problems. Meanwhile, the 25,000 acre "Piru Fire" has burned up to the northeast city limits of Fillmore. They thought that fire was almost fully contained Saturday night, but it jumped its containment lines and moved through the Sespe Condor Sanctuary and down towards Fillmore and Piru.
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