The Times reported that the firefighting effort has drawn 869 or more personnel, with agencies throughout Southern California contributing both ground and air support. Ventura County Fire Department Division Chief Nick Cleary told the Times that Wednesday's top priority would be holding the fire back from the Santa Susana Field Laboratory and the Box, Bell, and Woolsey canyon corridors. A further "dynamic day" was expected, Cleary said.
Classes across the entire Simi Valley Unified School District have been canceled since the fire broke out Monday and will not resume Wednesday, CBS News reported. Displaced residents can access emergency shelter at Rancho Santa Susana Community Park, located at 505 Los Angeles Avenue. The Simi Valley Animal Shelter is accepting small animals, while horses and livestock can be taken to the Ventura County Fairgrounds.
The Times reported that Gov. Gavin Newsom obtained a Fire Management Assistance Grant through FEMA, opening the door for local, state, and tribal agencies to recoup three-quarters of qualifying fire suppression expenses. Smoke from the fire prompted the South Coast Air Quality Management District to issue a health alert citing dangerous fine particle pollution; the warning applied to the greater part of Los Angeles County and the entirety of Orange County, CBS News reported.
The Times cited a statement from Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass in which she said LAFD resources — including strike teams, a hand crew, and helicopters — had been sent to back up Ventura County firefighters, and that additional units had been staged in the San Fernando Valley as a precaution.
