Fire officials gave a preliminary count of the number of structures destroyed by the Mountain Fire, pegging it at 132, mostly homes. Another 88 have been damaged, they said at a news conference Thursday night at the Ventura County Fairgrounds. That number is likely low.

What to KnowThe fire has grown to 20,485 acres and continues to burn in Moorpark and Camarillo in Ventura County.As of Friday morning the fire was at 7% containment.Several homes burned in the wind-fanned Mountain Fire northwest of Los Angeles.

The out-of-control brush fire broke out near the 7900 block of Balcom Canyon Road and Bradley Road at approximately 9:30 a.m. Wednesday. The fire department initially described the incident as a two-alarm fire that burned 250 acres, but it quickly exploded and has since scorched more than 14,000 acres.

Residents evacuating their homes in Ventura County are trying to find silver linings in the wake of the devastating Mountain Fire.

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