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California wild fire…spreading now

shoekitty — Mon, 18 May 2026 23:02:04 GMT

Fire outbreak, called Sandy Fire is in Simi Valley, about 2 miles from some of my family in Thousand Oaks. It's burned about 800 acres. Problem with this fire, is where it is positioned.... there isn't much brush. It's all homes. Family says the wind has died down, and fire trucks are positioned all around them in case.
any posters near the fire? . @Tinkrbl44 , ? I know you are further away. But wondered if smoke was getting you. My other family Tuluca Lake and Burbank have just started to see a little smoke. Keeping fingers crossed this fizzles!!

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shoesnbags — Mon, 18 May 2026 23:03:59 GMT

Sending prayers for your family @shoekitty . And for the brave firefighters.

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Puppy Galore — Mon, 18 May 2026 23:12:38 GMT

@shoekitty

Prayers sent.

My biggest fear is wildfires. I live constantly in fear during the early summer months through early fall.

I've had to evacuate more than once.

Hope your family is safe.

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shoekitty — Mon, 18 May 2026 23:20:22 GMT

I guess the wind just shifted. Some of my family's neighbors have gotten evacuation orders. It has spread. It has been warm , and the Santa Ana's are blowing warm air as well. Although the Santa Ana's haven't gone crazy yet. Thanks for concern!

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shoekitty — Mon, 18 May 2026 23:27:54 GMT

@Puppy Galore it is the pits,! My family down South goes through this a lot. I am North, but we have been though fires twice. The Santa Cruz, Mount Madonna fires and the UVAs fire was the worst. There was one year we were surrounded on all 4 sides! Middle of hot summer as well. We had to leave home smoke ...was so bad, my yard looked like a snow fall...but we were lucky. !! It is scary! I just am so sad ...not just for humans ( primary concern) , but the wildlife, and the environment.

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Puppy Galore — Mon, 18 May 2026 23:29:37 GMT

@shoekitty

I remember the MT Madonna and Ubas fires, I lived in Santa Cruz County at the time.

I'm in Shasta County and swear every year it will be my last.

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Kachina624 — Tue, 19 May 2026 00:36:58 GMT

We have a fire started under sad circumstances here in. New Mexico too. Over the weekend a medivac plane making the short flight from Roswell to Ruidoso crashed in the Capitan Mountains killing the two nurses and two pilots onboard. It started a fire that has burned 17,000 acres so far in an area so rugged it's hard to fight or even retrieve the bodies.

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Tinkrbl44 — Tue, 19 May 2026 00:56:20 GMT

@shoekitty

I just came home from gallivanting and didn't see anything that seemed like smoke.

We've had some clouds, which I always love. They call it the May Grays, and next month it's called June Gloom, lol.

I hope they get the fire under control asap.

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shoekitty — Tue, 19 May 2026 01:33:53 GMT

@Kachina624 that is horrible , just tragic and sad, doctors and nurses on their way somewhere important I bet, 12,000 acres is a lot of land! Is it close to any homes?

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Tinkrbl44 — Tue, 19 May 2026 01:25:01 GMT

@shoekitty

Not that it actually matters in the overall scheme of things, but it's Toluca.

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Kachina624 — Tue, 19 May 2026 03:07:51 GMT

@shoekitty. No, it's not threatening homes. It's in a wild and desolate area.

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Onslow1111 — Tue, 19 May 2026 03:28:47 GMT

Dang, I didn't even know about this, and we live in a Southern California beach city. I'm not even sure where Simi Valley is. I haven't listened to the news lately, too depressing.

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Linmo — Tue, 19 May 2026 04:23:27 GMT

@shoekitty Wishing the best for your family! It's been very windy here on the SF peninsula since yesterday. Wildfires are very similar to tornadoes in that some are spared and some are not. I hope your family is spared.

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cindyNC — Tue, 19 May 2026 13:25:56 GMT

@shoekitty Hoping for the best for your family. How frightening.

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Tinkrbl44 — Wed, 20 May 2026 01:37:10 GMT

@shoekitty

I checked around noon today and the fire has spread "dangerously fast" to 1,386 acres, but less wind, so that will help.

I also saw this ...

According to the initial investigation by the police, the possible cause of fire could be a tractor striking a rock, which may have sparked the fire at around 10:30 a.m. The fire quickly spread across the 600 block of Sandy Avenue.

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shoekitty — Wed, 20 May 2026 18:21:52 GMT

@Tinkrbl44 wrote:

@shoekitty

I checked around noon today and the fire has spread "dangerously fast" to 1.386 acres, but less wind, so that will help.

I also saw this ...

According to the initial investigation by the police, the possible cause of fire could be a tractor striking a rock, which may have sparked the fire at around 10:30 a.m. The fire quickly spread across the 600 block of Sandy Avenue.

@Tinkrbl44 my one daughter around West Hills got an alert notice from Mayor ...she is on evacuation precaution . Fire, like the last one comes through valley the back way toward West Hills, Holmby Hills, etc. a tractor , oh man. I know it started near a homes. Maybe someone was disking the field? The wind that died down saved my family from evacuating in TO...for now. Hoping for the best. Helicopters were out all night I knkw that

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Teddixat — Wed, 20 May 2026 13:41:31 GMT

@Kachina624 It is not in a desolate area at al. Where did you here that.

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Kachina624 — Wed, 20 May 2026 17:02:01 GMT

@Teddixat. I'm speaking of the fire in NM in the Capitan Mountains, not the one in Ca

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shoekitty — Wed, 20 May 2026 18:39:24 GMT

0ne photo taken on freeway by daughters friend close to fire. the other photo is taken about 25 miles away from a 4 story building . The third photo was taken on a walk in West Hills

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debfau — Wed, 20 May 2026 18:47:29 GMT

@Puppy Galore wrote:

I remember the MT Madonna and Ubas fires, I lived in Santa Cruz County at the time.
I'm in Shasta County and swear every year it will be my last.

I have a brother who lives in Shasta County - he's up in Shasta Lake area.