**Simi Valley Residents Furious That Fire Showed Up Without a Permit or an HOA Approval**

Simi Valley Residents Furious That Fire Showed Up Without a Permit or an HOA Approval

AITA for laughing at the NextDoor posts from Simi Valley?

So apparently the “Southend Fire” (yes, they named it, like it’s a gender reveal party gone wrong) ripped through 20+ acres near Simi Valley today. Cue the panic, the helicopters, the “thoughts and prayers” from people who just bought a $2,000 Peloton.

But the real drama? The smoke. Apparently it drifted over the gated communities, and the Karens are fuming (pun intended) because the fire department didn’t send out a color-coded calendar invite. One lady literally posted a 10-paragraph manifesto about how the “ash particles” are going to ruin her Tesla’s ceramic coating.

TL;DR: Wildfire shows up, burns brush, threatens homes, but the real victims are the homeowners whose aesthetic views of the Santa Susana Mountains are temporarily obscured by, you know, the apocalypse.

I love California.