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7 year oldMultiple huge fires rip through SoCal, forcing highway closures & mass evacuations
Smoke and Fire in Southern California https://t.co/S12C5Ckekl #NASA #ThomasFire #Ventura pic.twitter.com/yWoXOK3rEP
— NASA Earth (@NASAEarth) December 5, 2017
THOMAS FIRE
The Thomas Fire, which started at around 6:30pm Monday, is considered a wildfire, and was the first of the three fires to ignite. Located 60 miles northwest of Los Angeles in Ventura County, that fire spread from 500 acres Monday night to 50,000 acres the following morning.
Some 1,000 personnel are now battling the blaze, and 27,000 people have been forced to evacuate the area. Some 150 structures were destroyed, KTLA reported. It prompted California Governor Jerry Brown (D) to declare a state of emergency in Ventura County Tuesday.
READ MORE: Thousands evacuated as #ThomasFire blazes across southern California (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)
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