Multiple homes in Camarillo and Moorpark have been destroyed and more than 10,000 acres have burned as the Mountain Fire remains at 0% containment in Ventura County.
Several people have been injured and multiple homes burned after the Mountain Fire broke out Wednesday morning in Southern California's Ventura County, authorities said.It started at around 8:50 a.m. near the 7900 block of Balcom Canyon Road and Bradley Road on South Mountain in the Moorpark area, according to the Ventura County Fire Department. Within an hour, the fire had grown from 25 to 1,000 acres.By 2:40 p.m., it had burned more than 10,400 acres with 0% containment.
The combination of topography, wind conditions and dry brush contributed to the rapid rate of spread, according to Dr. John Fisher from Chapman University.'That fire will spread faster up just because fire moves upwards,' said Fisher, who is a climate scientist.
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