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Hollywood Inc.
California
A massive fire destroyed a Hollywood automotive parts store Saturday afternoon.
With the wind dying down and the humidity rising, some 3,000 fire personnel were making headway Saturday containing the Mountain fire, which has destroyed more than 130 homes and damaged nearly 90 others in Ventura County.
Satellite imagery showcases the Mountain fire’s fury as homes are reduced to rubble and a vast plume of smoke stretches into the atmosphere.
When Metrolink CEO Darren Kettle evacuated, the flames seemed to be heading away from his home in Las Posas Estates. They eventually burned his house to the ground.
Most of the area burned by the Mountain fire was in sparsely populated areas, but when high winds helped the blaze leap across Highway 118, it began threatening a suburban neighborhood in the Camarillo Hills.
As firefighters make significant progress against Ventura County’s Mountain fire, officials have confirmed another 60 destroyed structures and millions in agricultural losses. A total of 207 structures, many homes, have been ruined, another 90 are damaged.
After the Mountain fire destroyed homes in the hillside community overlooking Camarillo, many residents helped one another and were eager to rebuild.