Fire crews from Ventura and Los Angeles counties are battling a rapidly growing vegetation fire in Holser Canyon, near Lake Piru, in 100-degree heat. The blaze, called the Canyon Fire, is estimated to be at 1,

The Canyon Fire, north of Los Angeles, has grown rapidly to nearly 5,000 acres in size, with thousands of people ordered to evacuate

A brush fire started on a sweltering Thursday afternoon east of Lake Piru in Ventura County and led to evacuations as this week’s warm temperatures in Southern California reached their peak. The Canyon Fire was estimated at about 50 acres early Thursday afternoon before quickly spreading to more than 4,