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Authorities say three Thousand Oaks teens caused a brush fire last week that prompted some evacuations in the Westlake Village area.
The Country Fire, as it was called, started on the afternoon of April 29 and burned about 28 acres north of Westlake High School. The blaze started south of the 500 block of Country Valley Road in Thousand Oaks, with residents along Country Valley and Via Colinas put under mandatory evacuation orders for a time. Five helicopters and four planes helped with firefighting efforts, according to Ventura County fire and sheriff s reports.
Residents detained three male juveniles two 14-year-olds and a 15-year-old seen leaving the brush shortly after the fire started, the Ventura County Sheriff s Office reported Thursday.
Blaze burned near hundreds of homes
Three teens have been arrested in connection with a brush fire which caused a big scare in Ventura County, burning dangerously close to hundreds of homes.
The fire led to evacuation orders for hundreds of people in a Westlake Village neighborhood April 29th.
The Country Fire burned 28 acres of land in a canyon off of Country Valley Road before it was controlled. No homes were damaged.
Some residents stopped some teenagers they saw leaving the area just after the fire started. Arson investigators from the Ventura County Fire Department, and County Sheriff’s Office questioned the teens.
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