UPDATED, 7:05 p.m.: Whipped by powerful Santa Ana winds with gusts of 60 mph, the mountain fire continued to spread in Ventura County northwest of Los Angeles on Thursday. The fire has consumed more than 20,000 acres, with only 5% containment.

At a press conference late today, Ventura County firefighters announced that 132 structures have been destroyed and another 88 were damaged. 10 injuries have been confirmed, most due to smoke inhalation. Authorities said 400 homes had been evacuated and 250 more residents decided to stay despite evacuation orders. In total, about 10,000 people were evacuated.

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California Governor Gavin Newsom visited the region today and proclaimed a state of emergency in Ventura County.

“This is a dangerous fire that is spreading rapidly and threatening lives,” the governor said in a statement. “California has mobilized state resources, including CAL FIRE and Cal OES personnel, engines and aircraft, to protect communities as our fire and emergency response teams work around the clock to combat this fire. “Stay safe and remain alert to instructions from local authorities as dangerous fire weather conditions continue.”

On Wednesday, Newsom announced FEMA approval of a fire management assistance grant to support state and local firefighting response.

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Hundreds of firefighters and several helicopters on scene were working under dangerous “red flag” conditions that were expected to continue into Thursday night in most areas, and in the north into the early hours of Friday morning.

Evacuation orders were extended this morning east toward Moorpark to Grimes Canyon Road (23rd Street) and south to E. Los Angeles Avenue (118th Street). Those orders were put in place in anticipation of Santa Ana weakening tonight and a more regular (and less intense) westerly wind picking up, which could push the fire eastward.

To the south, after burning parts of Camarillo Heights, the fire moved to the north side of Highway 101. The Camarillo Airport is located just across the 101.

About 10,800 electric customers in Ventura County were without power Thursday night. Southern California Edison has established community resource centers at the Arroyo Vista Recreation Center in Moorpark, the Simi Valley Senior Center and the Ventura Beach Marriott that are open from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Thursdays.

The mountain fire broke out Wednesday morning near Balcom Canyon Road and Bradley Road in Somis, and jumped Highway 118 driven by winds capable of gusting to 100 mph in some areas. Numerous homes have been damaged or destroyed in the Camarillo Heights and Camarillo Estates areas, and evacuation orders remain in effect.

Cal Fire is coordinating with the Ventura County and San Luis Obispo County fire departments to battle the flames. The Los Angeles Fire Department sent nearly 100 firefighters to the fire, including at least five strike teams, along with another team that included fire personnel from Beverly Hills, Culver City and Santa Monica. Other local fire departments, including Glendale, are also on scene.

PREVIOUSLY, Wednesday at 6:28 pm: “Firefighters were committed from the beginning to getting people out of their homes and saving lives,” Trevor Johnson, chief of operations for the Ventura County Fire Department, said at a news conference today to discuss the Mountain Fire at northwest of Los Angeles. He said it was “tough firefighting” from the moment emergency personnel arrived on the scene this morning in the area between Moorpark and Somis.

The Mountain Fire is currently at 10,480 acres with 0% containment. According to officials, emergency services have made more than 14,000 contacts to evacuate people from the community. Two civilians were taken to hospital for smoke inhalation.

A day after a historic presidential election, all local Los Angeles newscasts focused on coverage of the Mountain Fire, including footage of burning homes, correspondents on the ground, and interviews with evacuees and local officials.

“This is a classic Santa Ana wind event. We have sustained winds over 50 mph with gusts over 80,” said Ventura County Fire Chief Dustin Gardner. “All the firefighters in the region, all of our partners: from Los Angeles County, Orange County, Kern County, Santa Barbara County, our partners at CalFire, our partners in law enforcement, the Sheriff “Every helicopter, every fixed-wing plane, everything that we have been able to locate, is here fighting this fire and it is spreading at a dangerous rate.”

A major contributing factor, Gardner said, is those winds. As a result, “this fire has spread more than two and a half miles in front of itself.”

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Red Flag conditions are “expected to continue at least until sunset tomorrow,” according to VCFD Division Chief and Incident Commander Jeff Change.

Thousands of residents have already been evacuated in the areas marked in purple below.

Currently, the fire continues to move west through the Santa Clara River bed area south of the city of Santa Paula. That city and the community of Saticoy are expected to be the next evacuated areas.

Other concerns include the densely populated Camarillo Heights area and the Highway 101 corridor that connects Los Angeles to Ventura and Santa Barbara.

The fire brought back memories of the Thomas Mass Fire which began north of Santa Paula on December 4, 2017 and burned parts of the now threatened area. Three weeks later, it had burned 281,000 acres and burned hundreds of homes, becoming, at the time, the largest wildfire since records began to be kept in California.

See video taken tonight looking south from the Santa Paula airport below.

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According to Johnson, the cause of the fire is currently under investigation.

City News Service contributed to this report.

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