Neighbors Hand Out Free Masks In Ojai As Smoke Inundates The City
Thick grey smoke hangs in the air over the city because there in no wind to blow it away.
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Thick grey smoke hangs in the air over the city because there in no wind to blow it away.
The Thomas Fire has burned 132,000 acres in Ventura County and is only 10 percent contained.
Mikki Willis shared the moment he told his three and six-year-old sons their home was destroyed in the Thomas fire on Facebook.
Some residents were concerned. Others were taking it in stride.
For a time, he thought the fire had died down. And then all of a sudden, he said, the fire was back with a vengeance.
"I have a fire hose in the backyard," said the man, "and that versus a 70-foot high wall of flame is not going to do a whole heck of a lot."
Kat Merrick and Chris Corsones got a sign of hope after their ranch was consumed in the Thomas Fire this week.
One of many Ventura families returns home to find rubble and copes with bringing their children to where their house once stood.
Traffic was flowing in both directions as fire shot hundreds of feet into the air.
Authorities say a body was found in an unincorporated area outside Santa Paula, near the scene of an accident, within the Thomas Fire burn area.
Poor air quality from the wildfires burning in Ventura and Los Angeles counties has ground sports and TV productions to a halt.
Continuously Updated: Here's the latest on several wildfires burning Wednesday in Southern California.
The wildfire raging through Ventura County has jumped Highway 101, and reached the beaches of Ventura.
As firefighters head into the third night of battling multiple wildfires across the state, they're bracing for worse conditions in the days ahead.
CBS2 photographer Nathan Furniss was hit in the chest by popping ammunition flying out of a burning home as he approached the structure.
Even with power out, Santa Claus arrives to keep up spirit of the season.
In response to the multiple fires that were ravaging the Southland Tuesday, California Gov. Jerry Brown has declared a state of emergency in the counties of Los Angeles and Ventura.
At least 150 homes and structures have been destroyed as the Thomas Fire rages out of control in Ventura Monday.
Firefighters were forced to abandon the Vista del Mar Hospital, which is on Seneca Street just north of downtown Ventura, to flames to try and defend neighboring condos and buildings from flames. As reporters and photographers watched, the hospital's charred roof collapsed.
Fire crews were battling a fast-moving brush fire along the Santa Paula-Ojai border Monday night.
