Just to the south of the city limits, fire crews were attacking smoldering hot spots with water and hand tools. Fire authorities expanded mandatory evacuation zones in the eastern Ojai Valley during the night and evacuated Ojai Valley Community Hospital. Bill Murphy, a public information officer with Cal Fire, said that over night and into Thursday morning the fire burned north of Ojai, moving northwest. The area to the north and west of the community of Ojai, that fuel bed is very, very old, very dense. Along Highway 33, about three miles north of Ojai, some residents who fled late Wednesday returned Thursday morning to find their homes in ruins.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 07, 2017 15:46 UTC