Firefighters battling a destructive wildfire burning in Southern California are expected to get a break from the strong winds fueling its growth, fire officials reported Nov. 7.
The Mountain Fire covered more than 20,000 acres—about 31 square miles—by Thursday evening, with only 5 percent containment, after burning through Camarillo Heights, about 55 miles northwest of Los Angeles, and destroying more than a hundred homes.
“It’s been a long 26 hours since this incident started, and it remains dynamic,” Ventura County Fire Department Chief Dustin Gardner said at a press conference Thursday morning. “It remains dangerous. To our community members that have been impacted by this fire, our hearts do go out to you. You are our families, you are our communities.”…