Firefighters in Ventura County were battling two brush fires Monday night, which came on the heels of a warning by forecasters that this week would bring elevated fire weather conditions.

About 18 miles west of the Howe, the larger Maria fire has grown to about 60 acres, but is 60% contained as of 10 a.m., according to the Ventura County Fire Department.

A brush fire broke out Monday afternoon in the city of Santa Paula, Ventura County, fire officials announced. The flames were being fanned by onshore winds as the blaze some 20 acres in the Santa ...

As crews were getting the upper hand on a fire that broke out near the Santa Clara River bottom in Ventura County on Monday evening, another, bigger brush fire broke out, also along the river ...

"Over 140 firefighters are on scene, supported by two helicopters, and with a third mutual aid helicopter requested, " the Ventura County Fire Department previously said, according to NBC Los Angeles.

Seven months after the Mountain Fire, the Ventura County District Attorney's Office is reviewing an investigation into its cause.

Andrew Dowd, a Ventura County Fire Department public information officer, clarified an earlier misstatement that the fire was declared “contained” Monday at 6:56 p.m.

Firefighters in Ventura County were battling two brush fires Monday night, which came on the heels of a warning by forecasters that this week would bring elevated fire weather conditions. The Howe ...

Read more: Crews battle pair of blazes in Ventura County as forecasters warn of elevated fire conditions That brush fire began Monday just before 3:30 p.m. near South Palm Street and East Santa Maria ...

They put the ATM in the vehicle and left. Around 5:45 a.m., Ventura County Fire was called on a report of a vehicle fire on northbound Highway 33 near Cañada Larga outside Ventura.