FOD walked the field behind my neighbor's house. Her yard care people threw a lot (lot!) of fist-sized rocks off her yard into the field, quite hazardous for next year's brush clearance. They've been doing it with a tractor, and already there have been two (2) wildfires here due to brush clearance, tractor with a brush hog hitting rocks. (the #SandyFire and #LesserFire). #wildfires #disasterpreparedness
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New, detailed perimeter for the Sandy Fire just posted -- 2118.8 acres. Things are very calm there the last two days, thankfully.
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They have lifted the Evacuation Order for SIMI-34A in Ventura County on the Sandy Fire in the last hours or so... looks like at 3:32pm 5/21/26
Sandy Fire – Simi Valley
Last Updated: May 21, 2026 @ 12:13 PM
Incident Summary
"The Sandy Fire is currently at 2,114 acres, with 30% containment. Crews had great success on Wednesday, and there was no increase in acreage overnight. Today, crews are focused on mopping up, addressing hot spots, reducing unburned brush near impacted communities and continuing work towards full containment.
Light and variable winds are forecast for the area today, becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon, with a high near 84 degrees.
As conditions improve, public safety personnel will begin coordinated repopulation efforts. At 2:30pm today, several evacuation orders will be reduced to evacuation warnings. "
#SandyFire #SimiValley #wildfires #CAwx
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Last Updated: January 30, 2026 @ 1:08 PM Winter weather advisory in effect for 1-5 corridor Wed-Thurs. Second Emergency Alert notification, read below for details.Admin (VC Emergency)
Ventura County:
Incident Summary
The Sandy Fire is currently at 2,114 acres, with 30% containment. Crews continue prioritizing structure protection and patrol operations in the impacted communities as they work towards full containment.
Light and variable winds are forecast for the area today, becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon, with a high near 84 degrees.
A number of evacuation orders and warnings remain in effect along the southern portions of Simi Valley and surrounding communities. Residents in impacted areas should remain aware of the potential for rapidly changing conditions. If you feel unsafe or are concerned about conditions in your area, do not wait to evacuate.
#SandyFire #VenturaCounty #SimiValley #wildfires
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Current activity visible on camera on the
Small burning areas with smoke being taken by fairly strong gusts, but otherwise, no obvious flames or any columns. 5/20/26 1959PT
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Ventura County:
"Santa Susana Field Labratory
Due to the Sandy Fire’s proximity to the Santa Susana Field Laboratory area, air quality monitoring is being conducted around the fire perimeter. Monitoring equipment has been proactively deployed to establish background air quality readings and to help assess conditions should the fire advance further into the area. At this time, the fire has not crossed into the Field Laboratory property.
Air monitoring information helps incident personnel and public health officials evaluate smoke and air conditions and provide timely updates to the community. Residents can monitor current smoke and air quality conditions using the (opens in a new tab)AirNow Fire and Smoke Map."
Sandy Fire
Ventura County
"Incident Summary May 20, 2026 @ 6:37 PM
The Sandy Fire is currently at 2,215 acres, with 15% containment. Crews continue strengthening containment lines while prioritizing structure protection and patrol operations in the impacted communities as they work towards full containment.
Winds are expected to lessen slightly through the evening hours, however, continued wind shifts, low humidity, and dry vegetation may still contribute to periods of increased fire activity through Thursday.
A number of evacuation orders and warnings remain in effect along the southern portions of Simi Valley and surrounding communities. Residents in impacted areas should remain aware of the potential for rapidly changing conditions. If you feel unsafe or are concerned about conditions in your area, do not wait to evacuate.
A list and map of evacuation orders and warnings can be found list below and our Real-time Incident Dashboard
The fire has not impacted the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (Rocketdyne) property. Fire crews continue to prioritize protection of the facility and the surrounding communities.
Residents are encouraged to monitor the Incident Map for the latest evacuation information, road closures, shelter information, and fire updates.
The Incident Information Hotline remains open:
For Sandy Fire evacuations and resources, please call 805-465-6650.
For information on animal evacuations, please call Ventura County Animal Services at 805-388-4341."
Concerns about a column building somewhere in the direction of Santa Paula peak. Las Padras Peak / Bearhaven. Asking for investigation, in case it is not the fire in Ventucopa. Possible new start. 5/20/26 1757 #SandyFire #wildfires #SimiValley
Ebikers exited burn area around Sequoia... sounds like they're Simi PD's problem. 5/20/26 1720 #SandyFire #wildfires #SimiValley
Chatter they are using to abate east side of Runkle Canyon, avoid powerlines. Discussion about taking fire direct on east side of Runkle. (ie they are going to try to put out fires directly on that side). Expected it will be west side of Runkle tonight. 5/20/26 1657 #SandyFire #wildfires #SimiValley
2 type II multiengine and 1 type I air tanker requested 5/20/26 1657 #SandyFire #wildfires #SimiValley
Cyclist (bike? ebike? motorcycle?) reported inside the fire area off Covington, they requested Simi PD or rangers to intercept them. 5/20/26 1654 #SandyFire #wildfires #SimiValley
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Anyway, fire has not reached the Santa Susana Field Laboratory and its many chemicals and all that. (apparently a bunch of groundwater contamination with nasty stuff over that direction). The helicopter is dropping water at Runkle Fire Road and Albertson Fire Road.
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Current area of work by helicopters on the Sandy Fire. Not hearing a lot of activity except helicopters going back and forth, indicating all resources where they need to be. Winds are expected to remain the same until about midnight, then turn back to the west, although not very strong, thankfully. #SandyFire
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the one house that’s so far burned down in the #sandyfire had a few cars on the same side as the fire came up the slope. Noticed a cool looking Corvette stingray just getting ignored….
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Ah, didn't see this was public yet, Sandy Fire was started by someone doing brush clearance (!)
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Rapidly Growing California Wildfire Threatens Contaminated Nuclear Reactor Site
As the Sandy fire burns through Ventura County, firefighters are desperate to keep the blaze away from the defunct Santa Susana Field Laboratory.Ellyn Lapointe (Gizmodo)
Request for HT47 (helitanker 47). They are going to inquire on status, they were "deconning" and planning on coming back to the fire earlier. 5/20/26 1443 #SandyFire #wildfires #SimiValley
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#CorsiRosenthal #wildfires #SandyFire #smoke #AQI
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Lots of evacuation order changes on the western side of Simi Valley - SIMI-33 split into a number of new zones, with SIMI-33A under evacuation Order, 33B under Evacuation Warning, SIMI-33C under Evacution Advisory Lifted. A large area of Simi under SIMI-33 is again Evacuation Order.
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5/20/26 1302 #SandyFire #VenturaCounty #SimiValley #wildfires
Picking up on Sandy Fire... Tanker 168 and 184, plus AA50 inbound. 5/20/26 1231 #SandyFire #wildfires #SimiValley
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Great website about the Santa Susana Field Lab that is currently impacted by the #sandyfire and likely distributing radioactive isotopes across LA County. Total media blackout about this unfortunately.
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Sandy Fire currently pushing smoke into western Simi, Moorpark, Somis. Opened up the windows before it gets warm in my are as we've got a brief respite from the smoke. (still running the Corsi Rosenthals though, I can still smell traces of smoke particles, despite the low PM2.5 readings) 5/20/26 0715 #SandyFire #VenturaCounty #SimiValley #LosAngelesCounty
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Winds mostly moderate tonight for the #SandyFire, 5-7 mph winds and occasional gusts to 10mph. Very cool. So, likely uneventful, hopefully the firefighters can keep it in the perimeter and this will run out of steam tomorrow. (will not be maintaining watch overnight, due to lack of Red Flag conditions, no wind). The main areas of concern were around the Brandeis/Rocketdyne area of Simi Valley. (so, not much of an issue unless you're a nuclear mutant hiding in the remains of the old nuclear power plant
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FIRIS 5/19/26, 4:20 PM #SandyFire #wildfires
Talking about shelter in place order for a convalescent home, they do not want to move anyone, about 200 residents. 5/19/26 1719 #SandyFire #SimiValley #Simi
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Map of area. (Random: Sometime after midnight last night there was some kind of kerfuffle involving Los Angeles County Sheriff's Dept (?) lights and sirens ordering an evacuation of Brandeis, but no such order coming from Incident Command... everything was handled by phone call. I believe that is Simi Valley PD territory, but no idea. Anyway, it sounded like a kerfuffle, no idea if evacs happened or not. ) 5/19/26 1657 #SandyFire #Simi
"Evacuation orders look pretty good" but some discussion on SIMI-33B. They are not changing it yet, but looking at fire as it comes over ridge. 5/19/26 1502 #SandyFire
Fire activity picking up and they're discussing taking fire at Albertson Motorway/Runkle(?) 5/19/26 1449 #SandyFire
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Hmm, didn't notice this structure loss from yesterday. 🙏 In Simi Valley.
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Thousands ordered to evacuate as California wildfire threatens homes
The fire was reported Monday just after 10 a.m. in Simi Valley, a city in Ventura County northwest of Los Angeles. Fire officials said the blaze had spread ...Associated Press (YouTube)
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#SandyFire - Simi Valley, California - Ventura County Animal Services update:
31 total animals are in safekeeping under the care of Ventura County Animal Services.
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