Fire officials gave a preliminary count of the number of structures destroyed by the Mountain Fire, pegging it at 132, mostly homes. Another 88 have been damaged, they said at a news conference Thursday night at the Ventura County Fairgrounds. That number is likely low.

A wildfire "moving dangerously fast" exploded during a Santa Ana wind storm Wednesday morning, tearing through miles of local hillsides, destroying homes and forcing thousands to flee as the blaze fanned out to more than 14,000 acres.