Massive 'Day Fire' Threatens Rural Ventura County Homes
September 27, 2006 - Flames from the nearly 149,000-acre Day Fire in Ventura County jumped a fire break Tuesday, racing to within a half mile of some homes in rural Lockwood Valley. US Forest Service spokesman Larry Comerford says fire crews turned back the flames with the help of water-dropping aircraft. More airplanes were called out Wednesday. Authorities have suggested that Lockwood Valley residents clear out, but many are staying. Firefighters say six cabins, barns and other unoccupied structures burned down during Tuesday's flare-up. The brush and timber fire burning largely in Los Padres National Forest is the biggest wildfire in the country.