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Fire Department responds to A community in need

All photos by JANN HENDRY/Acorn Newspapers, except No. 3 courtesy of Jim Dryden


1. OAK PARK SKYLINE—Fires burn along the ridgeline above homes in Oak Park early Thursday morning. Evacuation gets underway. 1. OAK PARK SKYLINE—Fires burn along the ridgeline above homes in Oak Park early Thursday morning. Evacuation gets underway. 2. CLEARING BRUSH—Two Ventura County firefighters work the hills near Raeburn Court in North Ranch. The hours proved to be long and hard. 2. CLEARING BRUSH—Two Ventura County firefighters work the hills near Raeburn Court in North Ranch. The hours proved to be long and hard. 3. BACKFIRE—Homes on Barons Way appear to be threatened, but the flames are from backfires that were set as a precaution. 3. BACKFIRE—Homes on Barons Way appear to be threatened, but the flames are from backfires that were set as a precaution. 4. NO REST FOR THE WEARY—Firefighters from Ventura County Fire Station 36 in Oak Park stand watch on Deerwood Drive as the fire burns a nearby hillside. 4. NO REST FOR THE WEARY—Firefighters from Ventura County Fire Station 36 in Oak Park stand watch on Deerwood Drive as the fire burns a nearby hillside. 5. FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN—A television reporter in the foreground and residents of Lafitte Drive in Oak Park take notice as a helicopter drops water on the fire. 5. FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN—A television reporter in the foreground and residents of Lafitte Drive in Oak Park take notice as a helicopter drops water on the fire. 6. BATTLE PLAN— Officer Robert Taylor of the Thousand Oaks National Park Service explains how the fire’s location changed overnight during a Friday morning briefing at the Fire Command Center at Conejo Creek Park North in Thousand Oaks. 6. BATTLE PLAN— Officer Robert Taylor of the Thousand Oaks National Park Service explains how the fire’s location changed overnight during a Friday morning briefing at the Fire Command Center at Conejo Creek Park North in Thousand Oaks. 7. CHIEF—Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger addresses firefighters, deputies, local leaders and the media at the fire command center. 7. CHIEF—Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger addresses firefighters, deputies, local leaders and the media at the fire command center.