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Pine Fire Grows in Rugged Terrain in Ventura County’s Sespe Wilderness

Ventura County Fire Department's air unit tweeted this photo of the Pine Fire on June 30, 2016.

A wildfire burning in the remote and rugged Sespe Wilderness in Ventura County has consumed 100 acres and was spreading rapidly early Thursday evening.

The Pine Fire was first reported at 7:30 a.m. near Haddock Campground in the Los Padres National Forest, according to the federal InciWeb page for the fire.

The fire is on San Guillermo Mountain, 6 miles southwest of the community of Stauffer, according to a Cal Fire tweet. The GPS location is about 18 miles north of Ojai.

The GPS point given by InciWeb for the Pine Fire is shown in a Google Maps image.

The fire had burned 200 acres as of 9 p.m., according to the InciWeb page.

Seven airtankers and five helicopters were responding to the rapidly spreading flames, according to a Los Padres National Forest tweet.

Cal Fire is assisting U.S. Forest Service firefighters in rugged terrain. Ventura County firefighters were doing structure protection.