The Mountain Fire Outage in Camarillo, Calif., Protecting a House of Kelly Barton, a Los Padres Family, and a Family Door Knocker

CAMARILLO, Calif. — Southern California firefighters gained ground Friday against a wildfire that has destroyed at least 132 structures, mostly houses, as favorable conditions were expected to continue through the weekend after two days of dangerous gusty winds.

The sheriff said that 10 people had been injured in the fire. Most of them suffered from smoke inhalation or other non-life-threatening injuries.

10,000 people remained under orders to evacuate Thursday as the Mountain Fire continued to endanger over 3000 structures around Camarillo in Ventura County.

There is a large group of people in the Santa Paula area who have been displaced by the fires, and county fire officials are trying to protect their homes on hillsides along the northeast side.

The home of Kelly Barton’s parents was destroyed in the Los Padres National Forest, but it had a view of the Pacific Ocean. The crews uncovered two safes and her parents’ collection of vintage door knockers undamaged among the devastation.

The house was already destroyed by the time her father came back a hour after he left. Barton said that he was able to move four vintage cars to safety but two were burned to death.

The Mountain Fire in Santa Paula, Calif., As a Wildfire Pedestrians’ Journey During the Latest Santa Ana Winds

Officials in several Southern California counties have urged residents to be on alert for fast-spreading blazes, power outages and downed trees during the latest round of notorious Santa Ana winds.

Santa Anas are dry and warm northeast winds that blow from the interior of Southern California towards the coast and offshore, moving in the opposite direction of the normal outflow from the Pacific. They typically occur during the fall months and continue through winter and into early spring.

The areas covered by the red flag warnings expired except for the Santa Susana Mountains. The warnings will be over by 11 a.m. Friday.

The Mountain Fire was burning in a region that has seen some of California’s most destructive fires over the years. The fire swiftly grew from less than half a square mile to more than 16 square miles in little more than five hours on Wednesday. By Thursday evening it was mapped at about 32 square miles and Gov. Gavin Newsom had proclaimed a state of emergency in the county.

Marcus Eriksen, who has a farm in Santa Paula, said firefighters kept embers from spreading to his home, his vehicles and other structures even as piles of compost and wood chips were engulfed.

The flames were 30 feet tall and moving quickly. The firefighters kept fighting to save as much as they could even though they were overwhelmed by the speed. Thanks to their work, “we dodged a bullet, big time,” he said.

Boggie said they were going to lose it at 7 am on Thursday. She initially fled with her two dogs while her sister and nephew stayed behind. She said the situation seemed better hours later.

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More than a dozen school districts and campuses in Ventura County were closed Thursday, and some were expected to be closed Friday.

The Southern California electric utility shut off power to over 64,000 customers in five counties due to heightened risk. Gabriela Ornelas could not say if power had been shut off in the area where the Mountain Fire started.

The Woolsey and Thomas fires were just two of the recent destructive blazes that burned in the same areas. The company paid tens of millions of dollars to settle claims after it was blamed for some of the fires.

Nardoni and his wife, and his mother-in-law fled with their dogs as flames engulfed both sides of their road. They returned Friday to devastation at a home they’d bought only a year ago that was still going through a remodel.

Bill Nardoni and his family sifted through the rubble of their Camarillo home on Friday afternoon and discovered his wedding ring in a safe. Nardoni wasn’t optimistic that his wife’s safe would be found intact, even though it was in a different part of the house.

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“If I hadn’t gotten the horses, I would have been devastated, but I have my family and I have my animals so, I’m OK. She was standing outside of her home, which was destroyed 50 years ago, while she and her dog waited in her car.

According to the Sheriff of Ventura County, 3,500 houses have been repopulated, but not everyone has been able to go back.

Light winds are expected to aid firefighters over the weekend. Meteorologists are monitoring a weather system that could hit Southern California next week but it is not expected to bring another round of extreme winds like earlier this week.