SOUTHLAND : Arsonists Set 3 Ventura Fires
Hundreds of firefighters today battled three arson-set wildfires that blackened more than 2,400 acres of rugged brush land in Ventura County.
Firefighters early this morning contained 60% of a fire in Fillmore’s Shiells Canyon that previously menaced several homes on Guiberson Street, Ventura County Fire Department spokeswoman Laura Olson said.
Firefighters surrounded 60% of a fire that raced over 900 acres of the rural Mupu area of Santa Paula Canyon. No structures were threatened, a fire dispatcher said.
Near South Mountain, fire crews contained a 1,000-acre fire south of Santa Paula, Olson said.
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