Reagan Library Evacuated as California Sandy Fire Spreads

The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, has been evacuated after the Sandy Fire spread to over 836 acres.

The fire broke out around 11 a.m. PDT on Monday morning and quickly expanded to over several hundred acres in the city just west of the San Fernando Valley in Ventura County. No cause of the fire has yet been identified, per Forbes:

The same area was placed under wind advisory through 3 p.m. PDT, according to the National Weather Service, with forecasters predicting winds up to 20-30 miles per hour and gusts that could reach up to 50 miles per hour.

The fire, which Cal Fire named the Sandy Fire, was at 0% containment as of Monday afternoon, according to the state agency.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced that her city’s fire department has been deployed to work with Simi Valley and Ventura County firefighters to contain the blaze.

“While