A California Department of Forestry air tanker drops fire retardant on the Day Fire at the eastern end of Ojai Valley Sunday, Sept. 17, 2006, north of Ojai, Calif.
A California Department of Forestry air tanker drops fire retardant on the Day Fire at the eastern end of Ojai Valley Sunday, Sept. 17, 2006, north of Ojai, Calif.
As a precaution, the Ventura County Fire Department advised the evacuations of residences in the Upper Ojai, Matilija Canyon and Wheeler Gorge areas. Search and Rescue teams early today airlifted nine Boys Scouts and their leaders from a campsite at Piedra Blanca in the Upper Lyons Camp area.
Highway 150 from Ojai to Santa Paula was closed.