A wildfire started in the Somis area on Wednesday morning and tore through 22 square miles by the evening, destroying dozens of homes, sending residents to the hospital and forcing evacuations in Ventura, Camarillo, Santa Paula, Fillmore and points in between.

A fast-moving brush fire in the Somis/Camarillo area of Ventura County has destroyed at least a dozen homes and, according to officials, charred more than 14,000 acres as of Wednesday evening. The Mountain Fire was reported just before 9 a.

Mountain Fire initially started 8:51 a.m. Nov. 6 in Ventura County. It has burned 20,485 acres after being active for 45 hours. By Friday morning, a crew of 2,420 firefighters effectively contained 7% of the fire. The cause of it is still under investigation.

Driven by powerful Santa Ana winds, the Mountain Fire in Ventura County forced more than 10,000 people to flee their homes as it exploded by thousands of acres, injuring people and destroying homes in its path.

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Jessica Graham stands where her front porch once welcomed visitors to her family's home located along Donlon Road. Today, all that remains of the porch and her home is rubble—the aftermath of the Mountain Fire.