Canyon

Canyon, Ventura County Fire Department. Three miles northeast of Piru, CA. Brush, chaparral and grass. Minimal fire behavior. Numerous communities and energy infrastructure threatened. Area and trail closures in effect.

August 10, 2025 at 8:39 AM

Firefighters made significant progress yesterday, addressing small flare ups, strengthening control lines and conducting extensive mop-up operations. Structure defense efforts remained in place, while suppression repair teams worked to identify and mitigate environmental impacts caused by firefighting operations.

Damage assessment teams completed inspections across a large portion of the affected area, confirming today that the fire destroyed 2 single residences and 5 outbuildings.

Overnight, crews continued to patrol and monitor the fire, especially near populated area, extinguishing any remaining hot spots as needed.
As of this morning, all evacuation warnings in Los Angeles and Ventura counties have been lifted.

August 9, 2025 at 4:27 PM

Crews worked throughout the night to improve defensive positions and further secure the fire’s perimeter. Overnight fire activity was minimal as firefighters worked to continue strengthening existing control lines.

Firefighters will continue to enhance, monitor and patrol existing control lines, addressing heat sources as they occur while providing structure defense for residences in the affected areas.

Weather today continues to be hot and dry with temperatures in the mid-90’s with relative humidity in the 19-24% range and winds gusting up to 20 mph along ridge tops. Historically dry vegetation contributes to the ongoing potential for rapid fire growth and significant fire behavior.

All evacuation orders have been moved to evacuation warnings in both Los Angeles and Ventura County. All previous evacuation warnings in both areas have been removed.

August 8, 2025 at 10:09 AM

The Ventura County Fire Department has entered into unified command with the Los Angeles County Fire Department and is actively working to develop and implement a long-term strategy to contain and suppress the fire. Multiple evacuation orders have been issued for affected areas, which are listed below. Additionally, the incident commander has ordered multiple strike teams of engines, hand crews, and dozers to reinforce the initial response.

August 7, 2025 at 10:13 PM

The fire is burning east with a rapid rate of spread in light to medium fuels. The onshore push is influencing fire behavior, and the fire is threatening 60kv powerlines as well as the communities of Hasley Canyon and Hathaway Ranch, but is moving away from the community of Piru. Ventura County Fire Department is in Unified Command with LA County Fire Department. The fire has now crossed into LA County and continues to spread east toward the community of Val Verde.

The Ventura County Fire Department has entered into unified command with the Los Angeles County Fire Department and is actively working to develop and implement a long-term strategy to contain and suppress the fire. Multiple evacuation orders have been issued for affected areas, which are listed below. Additionally, the incident commander has ordered multiple strike teams of engines, hand crews, and dozers to reinforce the initial response.

• For More Information: Ventura County Emergency Information: https://emergency.venturacounty.gov/
• For More Information: Emergency-County of Los Angeles https://lacounty.gov/emergency/

Evacuation Orders – Immediate threat to life. This is a lawful order to LEAVE NOW. The area is lawfully closed to public access.

Evacuation Orders have been issued for the following zones:

PIRU-14
PIRU-01
LAKP-05
LAKP-06
LAKP-04
CAS-VALVERDE
CAS-OAKCANYON
CAS-HASLEY
CAS-ROMERO

Evacuation Warnings – Potential threat to life and/or property. Those who require additional time to evacuate, and those with pets and livestock should leave now.

Evacuation Warnings have been issued for the following zones:

CAS-INDUSTRY
CAS-GOLDENSTATE-B
CAS-SLOAN
CAS-GREENHILL
CAS-CAMBRIDGE
CAS-HILLCREST
LAKP-01
LAKP-02

An evacuation shelter has been established at:

• College of the Canyons, East Gymnasium in Santa Clarita, 26455 Rockwell Canyon Road, Santa Clarita, CA 91355.
• The closest parking lots to the gymnasium are lots 5, 6, and 7.

Large animals can be evacuated to:

• Pierce College at 6201 Winnetka Ave, Woodland Hills, 91367

Small animals can be evacuated to:

• Castaic Animal Care Center: 31044 Charlie Canyon Road, Castaic, 91384
• Agoura Hills Animal Shelter: 29525 Agoura Road, Agoura Hills, CA 91301

Please note the following library is closed due to a fire evacuation warning in the area:

• Castaic Library (27971 Sloan Canyon Rd, Castaic, CA 91384)

Evacuation Orders have been issued for the following areas: 

• Lake Piru Recreation Area
• East of Piru Canyon Road, to the Los Angeles County Line.
• East of the Community of Piru
  • East of Center Street / Highway 126  to the Los Angeles County line.

• Piru Canyon Road is closed in both directions, from Main Street in the Community of Piru.
• Lake Piru Recreation Area is closed until further notice.