Moorpark, Santa Rosa threatened by Nightsky fire

JANN HENDRY/Acorn Newspapers EAGLE EYES- Simi Valley firefighters Matthew Ward, left, Chrystal Horton, center, and Jeff Pike stand watch from a poolside terrace over a Santa Rosa Valley hillside as fire and smoke rise from Moorpark's Lexington Estates on Sunday. BILL SPARKES/Acorn Newspapers DECISION TIME- Two captains from the Ventura County Fire Department discuss strategy under power lines as fires burn up the hill behind them last Sunday. The open area behind the 13000 block of Sunny Slope Place in Moorpark. The Nightsky fire burned 35 acres, threatened 250 structures, and forced the evacuation of about 600 homes. IRIS SMOOT/Acorn Newspapers HOT WORK- Ventura County firefighters and trained Ventura County inmates check for active flames on a charred hillside as the last few patches of the Nightsky fire sputter in the background. The blaze broke out at the northeast end of Santa Rosa Road on Sunday morning, burned 35 acres and forced the evacuation of the gated Lexington community before the fire department declared the conflagation fully contained on Monday morning. IRIS SMOOT/Acorn Newspapers QUICK FILL-UP- Ventura County Firefighter Pat Kelley, left, and Ventura County Sheriff's Department Service Technician Chris Dyer refill a water-dropping helicopter as crews on a nearby hillside fight the Nightsky fire at the northeast end of Santa Rosa Road.