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CHATSWORTH (CNS) – The Los Angeles Fire Department continued to provide mutual aid Tuesday to firefighters contending with the Sandy Fire across the L.A.-Ventura county line.
The blaze broke out around 10:15 a.m. Monday near the 600 block of Sandy Drive in Simi Valley, according to the Ventura County Fire Department.
The LAFD advised residents that smoke from the fire would become visible again in the San Fernando Valley, east of the fire zone, on Tuesday.
According to the department, “a large area of unburned vegetation within the fire perimeter continues to burn.”
The LAFD was moving additional resources to the Bell Canyon area, near the eastern edge of the fire zone, a department spokeswoman said.
On Monday, one home was destroyed, but no injuries have been reported as a result of the blaze, which has scorched more than 1,300 acres of scrub brush-covered hills in Simi Valley, which lies just across the county line from Chatsworth and the West San Fernando Valley.
Parts of the fire zone were affected by the 2018 Woolsey Fire.
On Tuesday evening, an evacuation warning was issued for parts of Chatsworth and West Hills, with residents advised to prepare to evacuate should conditions related to the Sandy Fire worsen, the LAFD announced.
Crews remained pre-deployed to that area and others of concern, she said.
It was unclear if LAFD air resources like the water-dropping helicopter sent to help battle the flames on Monday would be deployed on Tuesday, according to department spokeswoman Jennifer Middleton.
On Monday, the LAFD sent three strike teams, hand crews and heavy equipment to assist Ventura County Fire Department crews battling the brush fire.
Crews appeared to have the upper hand on the fire Tuesday morning, having taken advantage of calmer winds and cooler temperatures overnight, although containment was only put at 5%.
Air quality has become a concern amid increasing winds and the South Coast Air Quality Management District issued a wildfire smoke advisory through Tuesday evening.
Due to wind directions, areas likely to experience poor air quality include Calabasas, Pacific Palisades and Malibu, among others, according to the air quality management district.
“If you are sensitive to smoke or have respiratory conditions, stay indoors and keep windows closed,” advised Middleton.
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