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.

Ventura County officials give update on Mountain Fire in California Credit: ABC7 Los Angeles Ventura County Fire Department officials hold a news conference as a wildfire northwest of Los Angeles burned out of control for a second day after destroying dozens of homes.

Firefighters are rescuing people from homes engulfed in flames as they battle a wildfire moving at a dangerously fast speed in a dense suburban neighborhood northwest of Los Angeles.

A wildfire in Ventura County, California, has prompted thousands of evacuations and destroyed dozens of homes.

A Southern California wildfire has destroyed 132 structures, mostly homes, in less than two days, fire officials said Thursday as raging winds were forecast to ease.