Wildfire, Ventura
- When
- April 28, 2:00 PM PST to April 30, 11:59 PM PST
- Where
- Ventura County, Fillmore
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 34.358, -119.126 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in California, April 28 to 30, 1996
Dry, gusty Santa Ana winds helped fuel a fire in the Los Padres National Forest. A low voltage electrical line failed, igniting the blaze.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 2
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS LOX wrote it up.
Dry, gusty Santa Ana winds helped fuel a fire in the Los Padres National Forest. A low voltage electrical line failed, igniting the blaze. Over 10,000 acres were burned. Two firefighters were injured during the fire. By the end of the month, the fire was about 40 percent contained.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Wildfire
- A fire burning in wildland vegetation, with its acreage and damage where known.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Missouri, April 28, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, April 28, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, April 28, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, April 28, 1996
- Tornado in Missouri, April 28, 1996
- Flash Flood in Illinois, April 28, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, April 28, 1996
- Flash Flood in Illinois, April 28, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, April 28, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, April 28, 1996
- Flash Flood in Illinois, April 28, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, April 28, 1996
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5549398.