For the first time in days, the wind has dropped enough that all Red Flag Warnings in the Tri-Counties have been cancelled, and the extreme fire danger has eased.
The last one for the Santa Susana Mountains in Ventura and Los Angeles Counties ended Thursday afternoon.
There was only one significant new fire in our region during the extreme fire danger period. It’s what was called the Auto Fire, in the Santa Clara Riverbed near the Ventura/Oxnard Border. Firefighters are mopping up the 60 acre plus blaze. No structures were damaged…