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Tiger4x4RV
Nomad
Dec 26, 2015

101 & PCH closed north of Ventura - fire!

A wildfire between Ventura and Carpinteria along the California coast has closed 101 and the Pacific Coast Highway. Residents and campers are under voluntary and mandatory evacuations depending upon location.

The Rincon Parkway and Faria campgrounds and Emma Wood State Beach campground are in this area.

For latest info, see the Twitter feed #SolimarFire or http://www.vcemergency.com/
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  • profdant139's avatar
    profdant139
    Explorer II
    Dec 27, 2015
    Amazing footage on local southern Calif TV news broadcasts -- folks driving right through the flames, catching it all on their cellphone videos. Yikes!
  • SCVJeff's avatar
    SCVJeff
    Explorer
    Dec 26, 2015
    There are some very high pressure natural gas lines paralleling the railroad as well
  • profdant139's avatar
    profdant139
    Explorer II
    Dec 26, 2015
    Gosh, Tiger, it's too bad you edited that -- I was sure that the town had a new nickname!

    There are some very good surf breaks in that area -- it is not easy to surf when hot ash and smoke are blowing across the beach and into the water. (I speak from painful personal experience, having grown up in Malibu in the 1960s.)
  • Tiger4x4RV's avatar
    Tiger4x4RV
    Nomad
    Dec 26, 2015
    profdant139 wrote:
    Tiger, I like that variation on Carpinteria -- it is a very relaxing place (with gentle waves), so maybe Carp-inertia is its new nickname! ;) Sort of like Leucadia in San Diego County, which is also known as Qua-ludia for the same reason.


    Good catch. I edited it to the correct spelling.

    Fire is now 10% contained according to fire dept Twitter feeds.

    Both highways are closed, as is the rail line. One post said oil lines are at risk. Offshore oil rigs feed into pipelines which run along that narrow corridor between beach and mountains.
  • profdant139's avatar
    profdant139
    Explorer II
    Dec 26, 2015
    Tiger, I like that variation on Carpinteria -- it is a very relaxing place (with gentle waves), so maybe Carp-inertia is its new nickname! ;) Sort of like Leucadia in San Diego County, which is also known as Qua-ludia for the same reason.

    All kidding aside, I sure hope they get that fire under control asap.

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