Firefighters Battle 50-Acre Blaze in Sespe
More than 100 firefighters on Sunday planned to work around the clock to put out a fire that by nightfall had burned about 50 acres of sage, grass and chaparral in the Sespe Wilderness Area, officials said.
The fire--located eight miles east of Ojai in the Los Padres National Forest--was 10% contained by Sunday night. Officials did not expect full containment until tonight, U.S. Forest Service spokesman Joe Pasinato said.
No structures were threatened in the blaze that ignited about 2:15 p.m. The cause of the fire was still unknown late Sunday.
“It’s no longer going like gangbusters,†Pasinato said. “We don’t expect it to get much bigger.â€
The Ventura County Fire Department and the U.S. Forest Service dispatched five engines, six hand crews, two small planes dropping fire retardant and four water-dumping helicopters.
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