Ojai On Edge As Winds Expected To Pick Up

HIGHWAY 126.
BACK TO YOU.
JEFF: WITH MORE ON THE
THOMAS FIRE.
ELSA: WHAT'S THE SCENE OUT
THERE?
.
REPORTER: BEHIND ME YOU SEE
THE HILLS ON FIRE BUT IT'S FAR
FROM WHERE I AM RIGHT NOW ON
GRAND AVENUE JUST OUTSIDE OF
DOWNTOWN OJAI LIKE THE OLD TOWN
THERE.
LOT OF FLAMES ON THE HILLSIDE,
HUGE NEIGHBORHOOD BEHIND US AND
THEY SAY IT WAS WORSE EARLIER SO
RIGHT NOW WE ARE SEEING ALMOST
NO WIND.
THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS.
IF THOSE WINDS DO KICK UP AS
WE'VE BEEN EXPECTING THAT COULD
BE HUGE BECAUSE AS I SAID NEAR
WHERE I'M STANDING RIGHT NOW IS
A TON OF HOMES.
THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT
LIVE BEYOND THAT.
IF THESE FLAMES START RACING
DOWN THIS AREA OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE
A HUGE PROBLEM.
IF CONDITIONS HOLD IN THIS
PARTICULAR SPOT, THIS COULD BE A
SITUATION THAT DOES NOT BECOME
AS GRAVE AS SOME ARE WORRIED
ABOUT.
WE DID SEE A MASSIVE EXODUS
COMING INTO TOWN ON HIGHWAY 150.
THE LINE TO GET OUT OF HERE IS
FOR MILES AND MILES AND THERE'S
TRAILERS, PEOPLE HEEDING THE
CALLS FOR EVACUATION BRINGING
ANIMALS OUT.
I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT KIND OF
EVACUATION TAKEN SO SERIOUSLY IN
A LONG TIME.
I DID TALK TO SOME NEIGHBORS WHO
SAY THEY ARE HANGING OUT WAITING
TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS BUT IF
YOU'RE GOING TO GO WHEN THEY
TELL YOU, THE LINE OUT OF TOWN
IS BAD.
WE WILL STAY HERE MONITOR THE
SITUATION FROM THIS SPOT ON
GRAND AVENUE OUTSIDE DOWNTOWN
OJAI AND BRING THE LATEST BE
BACK WITH YOU SOON.
BACK TO YOU.
JEFF: EARLIER WE HAD AN
UPDATE FROM FIRE CREWS AT THOMAS
FIRE SAID MAIN CONCERN WAS
KEEPING IT FROM REACHING OJAI.
IT APPEARS THE FIRE HAS
SUBSIDED.
SO AT LEAST THEY'RE GETTING A
HOLD ON IT THERE.
REPORTER: YEAH, I THINK --
WERE THEY SENDING STRIKE TEAMS
THIS AREA?
YES THEY WERE.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH OF A
LINE THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO DRAW
IN THIS AREA KEEP THE FIRE FOR
LACK AFTER BETTER TERM CONTAINED
TO A CERTAIN AREA BUT JUST
RAGING FROM ONE END OF HE IS
HILLS ON THE OTHER I DON'T KNOW
HOW YOU KEEP THIS UNDER CONTROL.
ALSO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE
THERE'S LIKE A MIST OF ASH HERE.
IT'S JUST EVERYWHERE.
I MEAN YOU JUST, YOU'RE
BREATHING IT THE AIR QUALITY IS
HORRIFIC.
IT IS SO BAD OUT HERE AND
DIFFICULT TO BREATHE, BUT
CERTAINLY AS YOU SAID JEFF FROM
THIS MOMENT RIGHT NOW, THINGS
DON'T LOOK HORRIBLE.
OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF FIRE
HILLSIDE NOT A GOOD THING BUT
YOU DON'T OF ALL OF THAT WIND
BLOWING THE STUFF AROUND AS
BADLY AS WE DID BEFORE SO
HOPEFULLY THAT HOLDS IN THIS
PARTICULAR AREA, BUT YOU KNOW AS
FAR AS WE KNOW THAT PROBABLY
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