Fire prompts evacuation of California neighbourhood
Hundreds of homes and a university campus northwest of Los Angeles were evacuated in the face of a wind-driven brush fire
A firefighter in a bulldozer works to protect homes from a fast moving brush fire in the Newbury Park area of Ventura County May 2, 2013. A wind-driven brush fire raging northwest of Los Angeles prompted the evacuation of hundreds of homes and a university campus on Thursday as flames engulfed several farm buildings and recreational vehicles at the fringe of threatened neighborhoods.PATRICK T. FALLON/Reuters
Ernie Legassey (L) and Casey Daigle return to their car after their camping trip was cut short due to a wildfire burning towards Point Mugu at the Pacific Ocean on Pacific Coast Highway in Ventura County May 2, 2013.PATRICK T. FALLON/Reuters
Smoke plums fill the sky over the Pacific Ocean from a wildfire burning towards Point Mugu on Pacific Coast Highway in Ventura County May 2, 2013.PATRICK T. FALLON/Reuters
A water-dropping helicopter makes a drop on a fast moving brush fire, as seen from Potrero Road in Ventura County May 2, 2013.PATRICK T. FALLON/Reuters
Residents look from Potrero Road towards a tanker aircraft dropping fire retardant on a fast moving brush fire in Ventura County May 2, 2013.PATRICK T. FALLON/Reuters
Residents look from Potrero Road towards a tanker aircraft dropping fire retardant on a fast moving brush fire in Ventura County May 2, 2013.PATRICK T. FALLON/Reuters
Smoke and fire billows over a hill near Thousand Oaks, Calif. on Thursday, May 2, 2013. Authorities have ordered evacuations of a neighborhood and a university about 50 miles west of Los Angeles where a wildfire is raging close to subdivisions.Nick Ut/The Associated Press
Firefighters stand watch as bulldozers clear a firebreak near a wildfire burning along a hillside near homes in Thousand Oaks, Calif., Thursday, May 2, 2013. A Ventura County Fire Department spokeswoman said the blaze that broke out Thursday morning near Camarillo and Thousand Oaks, 50 miles west of Los Angeles, had spread to over 6,500 acres, forcing evacuations of nearby neighborhoods.Mark J. Terrill/The Associated Press
A firefighter works to protect homes from a fast-moving brush fire in the Newbury Park area of Ventura County May 2, 2013.PATRICK T. FALLON/Reuters
A firefighting aircraft drops fire retardant along a hill side near homes in Thousand Oaks, Calif. on Thursday, May 2, 2013. A wildfire fanned by gusty Santa Ana winds raged along the fringes of Southern California communities on Thursday, forcing evacuation of homes and a university while setting recreational vehicles ablaze.Nick Ut/The Associated Press