Overview

• The Canyon Fire ignited around 2 p.m. Thursday near Holser Canyon Road southeast of Lake Piru and has since burned roughly 400 acres of dry brush.
• Ventura County issued mandatory Level 3 evacuation orders for areas immediately north and south of Lake Piru and Level 2 warnings for neighboring communities.
• Los Angeles County placed Val Verde, Castaic Basin and surrounding areas under Level 2 evacuation alerts as the blaze approached the county line.
• Fire crews from Ventura and Los Angeles counties have deployed five Type 3 engine strike teams, three bulldozer strike teams, a hand crew strike team and two Type 1 air tankers.
• National Weather Service forecasters noted temperatures near 100°F and gusts up to 25 mph in the canyons, conditions that have fueled the fire’s rapid expansion.