One structure has been destroyed by the fire, officials said. Nearly 900 firefighters were on hand battling the blaze.

A Simi Valley woman whose home miraculously survived the Sandy Fire as it inched toward her property said she feared she wouldn’t make it out alive during her frantic effort to get to safety. Surveillance footage captured heavy smoke, flames and intense ...

Shortly before a brush fire was first reported on the south side of Simi Valley, the Police Department received a phone call. It came from a man in the 2600 block of Rudolph Drive at about 10:15 a.m.

Firefighters shared a bird’s-eye view of crews tackling the Sandy Fire near Simi Valley, California, on Tuesday, May 19. The blaze had scorched more than 1,698 acres across Ventura County as of

The Sandy Fire in Simi Valley has forced over 43,000 residents to evacuate as it burns nearly 1,700 acres. With 5% containment, firefighters face challenges from shifting winds. Schools are closed, and the fire's cause is under investigation.

A wall of smoke rose over the western ridgeline of Simi Valley on Monday morning, and by noon thousands of residents were loading cars, leashing dogs, and driving east on surface streets as a fast-moving brush fire consumed the dry hills behind their neighborhoods.

A stubborn brush fire in Simi Valley has prompted officials to expand evacuation warnings in the communities that straddle the Ventura and Los Angeles county line; the flames have burned at least one home and another structure after igniting Monday morning.