Easy Fire

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]

Easy Fire
LocationSimi Valley, Ventura County, California
Coordinates34.282179°N 118.803389°W / 34.282179; -118.803389
Statistics
Date(s)October 30, 2019 (2019-10-30) – November 2, 2019 (2019-11-02)
Burned area1,806 acres (731 ha)
Buildings destroyed3[1]
Non-fatal injuries3[1]
Map
Location in Southern California
Location of Easy Fire

Fire

The Easy Fire began October 30, 2019 at approximately 6am 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]

Impact

As the fire was pushed towards Moorpark on October 30, over a 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. Staff, LAist. "Easy Fire: More Than 1,700 Acres Burned; All Evacuation Orders Lifted". LAist. Archived from the original on 2019-11-01. Retrieved 2019-11-01.
  2. "Easy Fire". CalFire. Retrieved 3 November 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 2020-10-23.
  5. Matt Stieb (October 30, 2019). "Reagan Library Evacuated As Easy Fire Encroaches". Intelligencer. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
  6. May, Patrick (2019-10-31). "A shout-out to those grass-gnawing goat fire brigades". The Mercury News. Retrieved 2019-11-02.


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