Ventura County hot spot puzzles experts heated up to 800 deg

Ventura County hot spot puzzles experts
A two-acre patch of land north of Fillmore heated up to 800 degrees

Friday, and firefighters and geologists are unsure why.
By Joanna Lin | Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
August 5, 2008

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The hot spot in Los Padres National Forest is attended to by firefighters, who first responded the area a month and a half ago when observers noticed a haze of smoke, but no flames, rising from the parched scrub. (Ventura County Fire Department)

A patch of land in Ventura County’s Los Padres Forest where the ground heated up to 812 degrees Friday continues to puzzle firefighters and geologists after a month and a half of monitoring.

“It’s a thermal anomaly,â€

Could this, at one time possibly have been a dump site for something toxic? We have more than 2,000 currently.