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Auto Fire breaks out in Ventura, fueled by strong winds
KCAL News - You Tube ^ | 1/14/2025 | KCAL News

Posted on 01/14/2025 1:03:15 AM PST by Paul R.

Strong winds once again fueled a Southern California brush fire on Monday evening, pushing the Auto Fire to spread through the Santa Clara Riverbed in Ventura dozens of firefighters worked to gain the upper hand.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: auto; california; fire; ventura
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This is a smaller fire in a river bed with LOTS of vegetation, 4 choppers and many ground crews on it. Many frequent and spectacular night-time water drops. KCAL reporter says the Chinook carries 5000 gallons?

Hopefully the firefighters get this one quenched before the winds ramp up.

1 posted on 01/14/2025 1:03:15 AM PST by Paul R.
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It looks like the fire crews have water this time.

2 posted on 01/14/2025 1:16:27 AM PST by Right_Wing_Madman
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The water has to be a source very near by, judging by the frequency of the drops. Possibly it’s the river itself, in a clear area — in a couple views I spotted reflections off the surface of what must be the river itself. Apparently it’s down in level but not run dry.


3 posted on 01/14/2025 1:22:13 AM PST by Paul R. (Bin Laden wanted Obama killed so the incompetent VP, Biden, would become President!)
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NWS has issued a new PDS for renewed winds. :-(

https://www.weather.gov//images/lox/WxStory/WeatherStory3.png


4 posted on 01/14/2025 1:24:58 AM PST by Paul R. (Bin Laden wanted Obama killed so the incompetent VP, Biden, would become President!)
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Sorry so big on that image - scaling it doesn’t seem to work?


6 posted on 01/14/2025 1:30:42 AM PST by Paul R. (Bin Laden wanted Obama killed so the incompetent VP, Biden, would become President!)
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7 posted on 01/14/2025 1:35:19 AM PST by Paul R. (Bin Laden wanted Obama killed so the incompetent VP, Biden, would become President!)
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Ah, better!

Mods, please delete #5 if you wish.


8 posted on 01/14/2025 1:36:06 AM PST by Paul R. (Bin Laden wanted Obama killed so the incompetent VP, Biden, would become President!)
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Thanks for posting.

Related article on this fire:

https://www.npr.org/2025/01/14/nx-s1-5259428/auto-fire-ventura-california-los-angeles


9 posted on 01/14/2025 3:01:14 AM PST by TigerClaws
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To: Paul R.

Any dumpster fires? Yeah. The whole f#@$ing state of California.


10 posted on 01/14/2025 3:11:37 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need ofand there we a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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Things are looking much better at this point. Gotta hope that holds as the winds ramp up...


11 posted on 01/14/2025 3:22:19 AM PST by Paul R. (Bin Laden wanted Obama killed so the incompetent VP, Biden, would become President!)
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Auto Fire breaks out in Ventura, fueled by strong winds

Nope - it is FUELED by the flammable material.

It is OXIDIZED by the strong winds.

12 posted on 01/14/2025 4:29:47 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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They’d probably get more sand and gravel than water.


13 posted on 01/14/2025 4:37:58 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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try Castaic Lake.
It is upstream on the Santa Clara river.


14 posted on 01/14/2025 4:43:38 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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Hope the Reagan library survives it’s a beautiful place. I imagine Navy Seabees from Naval Base Ventura County are out assisting crews.


15 posted on 01/14/2025 5:11:35 AM PST by Rural_Michigan
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To: Elsie
Oxygenated
16 posted on 01/14/2025 6:18:38 AM PST by palmer (Democracy Dies Six Ways from Sunday)
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The Reagan Library ships in goats every year to clear the vegetation all around the library, the goats remain there for months grazing every year!!


17 posted on 01/14/2025 6:27:24 AM PST by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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i just heard tv news say air drops of fire retardant are not allowed over endangered critter habitats unless human life or property are threatened.

so

a 1 acre fire in a protected habitat will not be air dropped

how about when it grows to a 5 acre ?
no ?

when it becomes a 100 acre ?
no ?

how about when it becomes a 1000 acre fire that is about to consume a town or city

yes.

so let a 1 acre fire in a protected habitat burn and possibly turn into a life threatening fire , THEN HOPE it doesnt grow into a city killer.

see the problem with this approach ?

nip it in the bud is how you prevent out of control killer fires.

i thought the left liked
“ kill it before it grows” ?

spit
eco bizerkers

18 posted on 01/14/2025 6:47:56 AM PST by cuz1961 (Isaiah 53:3)
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450,000 pounds?

sure


19 posted on 01/14/2025 6:48:31 AM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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AND

letting the endangered critters burn to death

cuz

retardant might affect their health

libTARD logic on full display

20 posted on 01/14/2025 6:49:59 AM PST by cuz1961 (Isaiah 53:3)
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