Lawsuit, Looters Latest Focus As Thomas Fire Burns On

TEMPS ARE EXPECTED TO BE BELOW
32 DEGREES SO BUNDLE UP.
A MAJOR CONCERN WINDS BUT
CREWS ARE HOLDING THE THOMAS
FIRE WITH ACREAGE SAME AS LAST
NIGHT, 272,000 CONTAINMENT UP TO
60%.
HOMEOWNERS FILED A LAWSUIT
AGAINST UTILITY COMPANIES AND
CITY OF VENTURA CLAIMING
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS STARTED THE
FIRE AND NON-WORKING HYDRANTS
MADE IT HARD TO FIGHT.
CRYSTAL CRUZ IS LIVE IN
MONTECITO WHERE HOMEOWNERS ARE
WORRIED ABOUT NOT JUST FLAMES
BUT ALSO LOOTERS.
WORRIED ABOUT SEVERAL THINGS,
LOOTERS AND THE WINDS THAT SEEM
TO BE PICKING UP WITHIN THE LAST
HALF HOUR.
STREET CLOSED SIGNS ALL OVER
MONTECITO, YOU'LL RUN INTO
STREET CLOSED SIGNS AND OFFICERS
RIGHT HERE, THEY HAVE CLOSED OFF
MOST OF THE STREETS, A LOT OF
PEOPLE NOT AROUND TO RETURN HOME
THIS HOUR MAKING SURE NO ONE WHO
DOESN'T BELONG HERE
STEALS FROM THE HOMEOWNERS.
HERE'S VIDEO.
OFFICERS ARE READY TO ARREST
ANYBODY WHO BREAKS IN THEIR
HOMES.
A MAN WAS ARRESTED IN THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD.
32-YEAR-OLD ADAM SMITH FROM
LOMPOC WAS ARRESTED FOR
BURGLARY.
FIREFIGHTERS STAGED UNDERNEATH
THE HILLS AND MILLION DOLLAR
HOMES IN CASE THE WINDS KICK UP
AND SEND THE THOMAS FIRE THIS
WAY.
EVEN THOUGH IT'S COLD OUT HERE
THERE'S STILL POTENTIAL FOR
FLARE-UPS.
WE JUST EXPECT THE WINDS TO
SURFACE STRONG GUSTY.
YOU'RE STARTING TO FEEL THEM
OVER BY GIBRALTER PASS EXPECTING
25 MILE-AN-HOUR WINDS SO THAT'S
WHY WE ARE IN PLACE MONITORING
THAT SO IF ANYTHING SPARKS UP WE
ARE THERE READY TO DEAL WITH IT.
REPORTER: THIS FIREFIGHTER
HAS BEEN ON THE JOB FOR 20-PLUS
YEARS.
HE'S NEVER SEEN A FIRE LIKE THIS
IN DECEMBER.
THEY'RE STAGED IN CASE THE
THOMAS FIRE COMES DOWN AND HITS
SOME OF THESE HOMES IN MONTECITO
LIKE WE SAW ON SATURDAY, TWO
HOMES WERE DESTROYED, THE THOMAS
FIRE NOW ITS 17th DAY.
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Lawsuit, Looters Latest Focus As Thomas Fire Burns On

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