Firefighters attacked and knocked down an oil well fire before it spread in nearby brush in Santa Paula, California

The oil well equipment is heavily involved in fire and threatening the brush. As you can see the fire is SouthEast of Santa Paula and there are no structures in the area

As of 5:08 PM: Our good friends @vcfd “kept their foot on the gas” and wrapped up the portion of this incident effecting S. MOUNTAIN ROAD, which is NOW OPEN between Santa Paula and Balcom Canyon Road.




Firefighters attacked and knocked down an oil well fire before it spread in nearby brush in Santa Paula on Sunday.


By ABC7.com staff
Sunday, September 30, 2018

SANTA PAULA, Calif. (KABC) -- 

Firefighters attacked and knocked down an oil well fire before it spread in nearby brush in Santa Paula on Sunday.

The petroleum fire was located off of South Mountain Road, near Willard Road, according to Ventura County fire officials.

The oil well equipment was heavily involved and threatened to spread to nearby brush. Oil was burning, sending toxic materials into the air, firefighters said. No structures were in the area of the blaze, officials said.

South Mountain Road was closed west of Balcom Canyon Road for the firefight, California Highway Patrol officials said. It was later reopened.

The fire was first reported around 11 a.m. Firefighters were wrapping up the blaze by 4 p.m.