A fast-moving fire burning in Ventura County has triggered mandatory evacuation orders for more than 14,000 people as it destroyed dozens of homes in Camarillo, Somis, and Moorpark and threatened 3,500 structures in suburban neighborhoods,

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.

Dangerous Santa Ana winds were fanning the blaze, which ignited near the 7900 block of Bradley Road and Balcom Canyon Road shortly before 9 a.m. The Mountain Fire, as it has been named, reportedly jumped Highway 118,

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 at least 9,000 acres as of early Wednesday afternoon. The Mountain Fire was reported just before 9 a.