Strong wind gusts fueled the flames of a fast-moving brush fire that erupted at 9:45 a.m. on Nov. 6 about 55 miles northwest of Los Angeles in Ventura County, causing several injuries and evacuations, fire officials reported.
The flames from the fire, dubbed the Mountain Fire, which started in a rural area of the small unincorporated community of Somis in Ventura County, grew rapidly from 1.5 square miles to more than 22 square miles on Wednesday and is zero percent contained, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire).
