A new wildfire erupted near Simi Valley, CA, with locals forced to flee their homes, including an evacuation of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.
According to officials, “the brush fire broke out just before dawn in the Simi Valley area north of Los Angeles and grew to more than 400 acres.” No immediate estimate is available of persons ordered to evacuate.
According to the Associated Press,
“Library spokeswoman Melissa Giller said the hilltop museum was safe. She said hundreds of goats are brought in each year to eat away vegetation that could fuel wildfires on the 300-acre (120-hectare) grounds, where Reagan and his wife, Nancy, are buried next to each other on a hillside.
Meanwhile, frustration and anger mounted across Northern California as Pacific Gas & Electric Co., the state’s largest utility, undertook its third round of sweeping blackouts in a week, hoping to prevent its electrical equipment from toppling or coming into contact with branches and sparking fires.”
The news of this fire comes as other blazes are happening across the state of California, in large part, due to the energy company, PG&E, down power lines, and the state’s improper clearing of brush through controlled burns due to environmental activists’ pleas.