Authorities early Friday ordered new mandatory evacuations as the fast-moving Woolsey fire raged through Oak Park in Ventura County and into Agoura Hills in Los Angeles County, growing to 7,500 acres as it burned homes and reportedly left people trapped.
At least 20 homes were damaged or destroyed as fire crews sprayed so-called water curtains to prevent flames from hopscotching home to home, fire authorities said.
At least 30,000 more homes are threatened, Ventura County Fire said on Twitter. There have been no fatalities or severe injuries despite several reports of people being trapped by the fire.
Live television footage showed multiple homes consumed by flames, chunks of structures falling into driveways as firefighters doused flames.
“It is critical that residents pay close attention to evacuation orders. This is a very dangerous wind-driven fire,” the L.A. County Fire Department said in a tweet.
Several people were reportedly trapped by flames in the 5600 block of Hollytree Drive and were asking for emergency assistance, according to the Ventura County Star.
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