HILLSIDES, HOUSES DESTROYED BY BLAZES FIREWORKS, DRY WEATHER SPARK SEASON'S DANGER.Byline: Daily News Illegal fireworks fireworks: see pyrotechnics. fireworks Explosives or combustibles used for display. Of ancient Chinese origin, fireworks evidently developed out of military rockets and explosive missiles and accompanied the spread of military explosives westward to and hot, dry weather triggered a spate of recent home and brush fires that have destroyed or damaged several houses, caused some evacuations and scorched scorch v. scorched, scorch·ing, scorch·es v.tr. 1. To burn superficially so as to discolor or damage the texture of. See Synonyms at burn1. 2. about 200 acres. Some 600 state, county and city firefighters were busy Thursday battling brush fires that raged from Elysian Park Elysian Park can mean:
Calm winds helped firefighters put out the fires or keep them under control, and no serious injuries were reported. A handful of residents voluntarily evacuated their homes in the CarlisleCanyon area of Westlake Village, where a 165-acre brush fire was burning at midafternoon. In Castaic, a 30-acre fire dumped thick ash on a day camp near Castaic Lake Castaic Lake is a lake on Castaic Creek formed by Castaic Dam, in northwestern Los Angeles County, California, near the town of Castaic. The 323,700 acre foot lake (399,000,000 m³) is the terminus of the West Branch of the California Aqueduct, though some comes from the 154 mi² , forcing county workers to evacuate the children to a nearby fire station, where their parents picked them up. The fire was eventually put out. Illegal fireworks destroyed two homes and severely damaged another in Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. in three separate fires in as many days. ``Fireworks are dangerous and illegal. Don't have them and don't use them,'' said Ventura County Fire Department Not to be confused with Ventura Fire Department. The Ventura County Fire Department (VCFD) provides fire protection and emergency response services for the unincorporated areas of Ventura County, California, and for six other cities within the county. spokesman Tom Kruschke, who said firefighters would remain on alert for illegal fireworks for the next few days. A fire in the 1800 block of Geoffrey Avenue in Simi Valley started about 3 p.m. Wednesday when teenagers using fireworks ignited leaves on the porch roof, officials said Thursday. Three boys, ages 16 and 17, tried to put out the flames with a garden hose, but the fire spread to the attic, officials said. Two of the boys were treated for smoke inhalation Smoke Inhalation Definition Smoke inhalation is breathing in the harmful gases, vapors, and particulate matter contained in smoke. Description Smoke inhalation typically occurs in victims or firefighters caught in structural fires. , and one of the 17-year-olds was cited for unlawfully causing a fire, police said. Officials said it appeared that at least one of the boys had lived in the house, which was destroyed by flames. A day earlier, 80-year-old Chris Palomarez returned from a visit to his wife's grave to find that his uninsured home in the 4200 block of Apricot Street had been destroyed by a fire caused by a bottle rocket A bottle rocket is a very small skyrocket. A typical bottle rocket consists of a rocket engine attached to a stabilizing stick. The user can place the stick in an empty bottle (hence the name), and ignite the rocket engine; the mouth of the bottle guides the stick, stabilizing the . Simi Valley police are still trying to determine who set off the fireworks that destroyed his home. ``It was one of the worst fireworks-related fires I've ever seen here in Simi Valley,'' said Simi Valley police Detective Gene Hostetler. A third fire severely damaged another home in the 2900 block of Kadota Street about 1:15 p.m. Thursday but was extinguished by 2:30 p.m. A Ventura County Fire Department firefighter suffered smoke inhalation in the blaze, whose cause is being investigated. The 165-acre brush fire in the Westlake Village area started south of Lake Sherwood There are four places in the United States called '''Lake Sherwood:
``We're looking pretty good now,'' said Mark Savage, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County Fire Department. ``There are some structures in the area ... but the wind is only blowing about 10 mph.'' In Castaic, an army of firefighters descended Thursday on a brush fire that sent flames racing toward a hillside neighborhood, forced the closure of lanes of Interstate 5 and prompted the evacuation of a day camp. About 30 acres burned in this first big brush fire of the season in the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. . No serious injuries or damage were reported. Four helicopters and bulldozers helped some 200 firefighters on the ground knock down the blaze in less than two hours. In North Hills on Thursday, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. firefighters quickly put out a fire at an apartment complex at 14941 W. Roscoe Blvd. just after 3 p.m. No injuries were reported and the cause was being investigated, according to Fire Department spokesman Brian Ballton. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) Helicopters fight a 165-acre brush fire Thursday between Decker Canyon Road and Lake Sherwood in the Westlake Village area of Thousand Oaks. Tina Burch/Staff Photographer (2) Flames burn close to homes Thursday along the Ridge Route in Castaic. The fire burned about 30 acres and briefly threatened homes. David Crane/Staff Photographer |
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