California Wildfire Forces Evacuation of Point Mugu, Threatens Communication Sites

Point Mugu, Calif. US Navy Photo

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Naval Air Station Point Mugu remained under mandatory evacuation orders Friday morning as a raging wildfire was burning in the hills near the Southern California base and threatened a key naval communications site.

The so-called Hill Fire, which sparked Thursday afternoon, was raging Friday morning along both sides of Highway 101 in Camarillo, northeast of Point Mugu. Fire officials said that red-flag warnings, along with low humidity levels...

https://news.usni.org/2018/11/09/california-wildfire-force-evacuation-point-mugu-threatens-comm-sites

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