Springs Fire

This article is about the wildfire in Ventura County, California. For a novel released by Vin Packer, see Spring Fire. For the wildfire in Costilla County, Colorado, see Spring Creek Fire.

Springs Fire
Map of Springs Fire.
A map of the footprint of the fire
Date(s)
  • May 2, 2013 (2013-05-02) –
  • May 6, 2013 (2013-05-06)
LocationCamarillo, California
Statistics
Burned area24,251 acres (9,814 ha)[1]
Impacts
Structures destroyed15

The Springs Fire was a wildfire in Ventura County, California in May 2013. Although the fire burned only 15 homes,[2] it threatened 4,000. This threat passed when rain shower from few narrow cold-frontal rainbands moved through the California area because of a low-pressure system off the coast. Some places got more than half an inch of rain.[3]

The fire started at 6:45 AM on May 2, 2013, in Camarillo, California near U.S. Route 101 and burned across Pacific Coast Highway to the Pacific Ocean.[4] Several neighborhoods were evacuated, along with the campus of California State University Channel Islands.[5][6]

  1. ^ "Springs Fire". CAL FIRE. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  2. ^ "Rain Helps and Hurts California Wildfire Containment". Huffington Post. May 6, 2013. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
  3. ^ Lopez, Robert (May 6, 2013). "Storm drops more than half an inch of rain across LA area". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
  4. ^ "Springs Fire Grows to 28,000 Acres, Only 20% Contained". KTLA. May 3, 2013. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
  5. ^ Bernstein, Sharon (May 6, 2013). "Firefighters, helped by rain, mop up California wildfire". Reuters. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
  6. ^ Lopez, Robert J. (May 2, 2013). "California wildfires: Springs fire reaches PCH in Ventura County". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 4, 2013.