Firefighters battling the 14,500-acre Mountain fire in Ventura County focused on the northeast portion of the blaze on Thursday, Nov. 7, a rugged backcountry area where the flames were backing up along the Highway 118 corridor toward Moorpark. The fire ...

As the Mountain Fire tore through Ventura County neighborhoods, several people were injured by the quickly spreading blaze as it burned multiple homes to the ground. Residents have described a quickly moving situation as they scrambled to get out.