Mountain Fire Map: Where is the Ventura County wildfire burning now and how big has it gotten?

CAMARILLO, Calif. (KABC) — The mountain fire started just before 9 in the area of ​​Balcom Canyon Road and Bradley Road in Somis.

But with Southern California under a red flag warning, strong Santa Ana winds kicked up and spread embers and flames across a large swath of a populated area within hours.

Here’s a look at where the flames have spread.

By 4 p.m., it had been mapped to more than 10,000 acres, and dozens of homes in Camarillo had gone up in flames.

Evacuation orders were issued in an area that included: North Lewis Rd to Los Posas Country Club north of Loop Drive (Camarillo Heights Area); Unincorporated Somis West to: Saticoy Country Club, east to Balcom Canyon Road, south to Highway 118