Small brush fire closes southbound Highway 23 lanes in Thousand Oaks
Crews responded to a small brush fire off southbound Highway 23 in Thousand Oaks Friday that closed lanes for a time.
The blaze was reported shortly before noon south of Tierra Rejada Road, according to Ventura County Fire Department radio traffic.
Crews described finding a spot fire about 20 square feet in size.
The Olsen Fire prompted closure of southbound lanes to stage emergency vehicles. Smoke briefly closed some northbound lanes, but those quickly reopened.
Firefighters had stopped forward progress soon after arriving and expected to be on scene another hour or so.
Southbound lanes were closed between Tierra Rejada and Olsen Road.
The left southbound lane reopened before 12:40 p.m., according to California Highway Patrol reports, and two impacted onramps were opened by 12:45 p.m.
All lanes were open by around 1 p.m.
This article originally appeared on Ventura County Star: Brush fire closes southbound Highway 23 lanes in Thousand Oaks
