Maria Fire: Ventura County Blaze Near Santa Paula Is At 9,400 Acres, but firefighters are gaining control. The blaze is now 50% contained.

A brush fire broke out Thursday evening at the top of South Mountain between Santa Paula and Somis and grew to 4,000 acres.

Firefighters have made progress containing the blaze on South Mountain between Santa Paula and Somis as of Saturday morning. See the latest.

Some mandatory evacuations were lifted Friday as firefighters continued battling a fast-moving wildfire near Santa Paula that quickly grew in size.

SANTA PAULA (CBSLA) – Mandatory evacuations were in place Friday for thousands due to the Maria Fire, which was burning south of Santa Paula. The 10,720-acre fire broke out just after 6 p.m ...

Evacuations were ordered after a brush fire erupted near Santa Paula Thursday evening.

Cal Fire firefighters look on as a plane drops fire retardant on the Maria Fire in Santa Paula, California, U.S. November 1, 2019.

California was swept by a new fire–the Maria Fire–around the Somis and Santa Paula areas of Ventura County on Thursday. As of 11 p.m. (local time) Thursday, the rapidly expanding blaze was ...

As residents in Santa Paula and neighboring areas returned to their homes Saturday, firefighters continued working to extinguish the Maria Fire and managed to get it 70% contained by Sunday morning.

No structures were damaged or destroyed in either the Maria or the Howe fires, he said. The Maria Fire in Santa Paula started June 16 in the Santa Clara River bottom.

Firefighters continued battling a fast-moving wildfire near Santa Paula early Friday morning that prompted evacuations and quickly grew in size.