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PHOTOS: Brush fire burns Ventura hillsides

ByABC7.com staff KABC logo
Saturday, December 26, 2015
Ventura County Air Unit Copter 7 captures an early morning image of the ring of fire at Solimar Beach.
A roadway sign for the Pacific Coast Highway burns in the Solimar Beach fire.
Plumes of smoke billow out from the dry brush burning in the hills of Ventura near Solimar Beach on Saturday, Dec. 26, 2015.
A helicopter pilot works to drop fire on the flames at Solimar Beach on Saturday, Dec. 26, 2015.
Smoke billows from the hilltops near Solimar Beach as a brush fire rips through dry brush on Saturday, Dec. 26, 2015.
Reporter Chelsea Edwards captured a photo of a burned roadway sign near Ventura.
A bulldozer removes dry brush along the path of a wildfire burning in the Ventura hils on Saturday, Dec. 26, 2015.
Bright flames are captured by AIR 7 HD as the Solimar Beach fire rushes through hillsides in Ventura.
A ring of fire burns through a Ventura hillside on Saturday, Dec. 26, 2015.
AIR 7 HD captures images from above of the Solimar Beach fire burning the hillsides of Ventura on Saturday, Dec. 26, 2015.
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PHOTOS: Brush fire burns Ventura hillsidesVentura County Air Unit Copter 7 captures an early morning image of the ring of fire at Solimar Beach.
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VENTURA, Calif. (KABC) -- A fast-moving brush fire charred 1,200 acres and threatened homes at Solimar Beach, between Ventura and Carpinteria, early Saturday morning.

The fire threatened more than two dozen homes in the Solimar Beach community and prompted mandatory evacuations. Strong winds and dry vegetation fueled the blaze to quickly burn through hundreds of acres overnight.

Read the full story here: Solimar Beach fire threatens homes, burns 1,200 acres.

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