Map: Mountain Fire evacuations in Ventura County
A Ventura County brush fire that ignited on a day of red-flag warnings across California quickly grew to 1,000 acres and forced evacuations near Oxnard.
The Mountain Fire was reported shortly before 9 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6, and within an hour was estimated at 1,000 acres. By noon, it was 1,500 acres.
Evacuations were ordered for the area shown in red on the map above, including neighborhoods on the north edge of Camarillo.
Fixed-wing aircraft were grounded by high winds, so helicopters were requested for the Ventura County Fire Department's efforts to contain the fire.
For updates on evacuation orders, see the Ventura County sheriff's Facebook page or the Ventura County emergency website .
Red-flag warnings, indicating heightened fire danger, were in effect Wednesday for much of coastal California. The warning for the Ventura area cited low humidity and strong Santa Ana winds.
About 25 miles to the southeast, in Malibu, another wildfire was reported around 9 a.m. near the Pepperdine University campus. A shelter-in-place order was issued for an area south of Pacific Coast Highway.
The Mountain Fire is just south of the area of the Thomas Fire , which started in December 2017 and burned 281,893 acres, destroying more than 1,000 structures.
