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Mountain fire evacuations continue to expand in Ventura County

Vaseline November 7, 2024

More evacuations have been ordered on the second day of the Mountain Fire, which has burned 14,000 acres in Ventura County.

New evacuations were ordered Thursday morning for the Santa Paula and Bardsdale areas, along the Santa Clara River and into the western edge of Moorpark.

Ventura County Sheriff Jim Fryhoff said at a news conference Thursday morning that the fire remained “very active … and unpredictable.” On the first day the fire burned to the west; By Thursday the wind had changed direction and the fire brigade’s focus was on the northeastern edge.

The Mountain Fire was reported shortly before 9 a.m. on Wednesday, November 6, during a red flag warning that covered much of the California coast. The cause of the fire has not yet been determined, Ventura County Fire Chief Dustin Gardner said Thursday.

According to the Ventura County Fire Department, the burned area was estimated at 14,182 acres (22 square miles) with 0% containment.

As of Thursday morning, evacuations covered nearly 80 square miles — the area shown in red on the map above — including some neighborhoods in Camarillo. The black line indicates the approximate fire perimeter. For updates on evacuation orders, see Ventura County’s emergency website.

Teams were on site to assess homes and other structures that had been destroyed or damaged. No figures were released at Thursday morning’s press conference.

Fixed-wing aircraft could not be operated on the first day due to high winds, but they were in use on Thursday.

A spokesperson for the National Weather Service said maximum wind gusts were around 55 mph in the Ventura area Thursday morning; on Wednesday they had reached a speed of 130 km/h. Winds were expected to ease further in the late afternoon and the red flag warning – which indicated an increased fire risk – was due to expire at 6pm.

Another round of high Santa Ana winds is forecast for the Ventura County region next week, the weather service said.

The Mountain Fire is just south of the area of the Thomas Fire, which started in December 2017 and burned 281,893 acres, destroying more than 1,000 structures.

Originally published: November 7, 2024 at 11:13am PST

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