The Maria Fire broke out around 6:13 p.m. Thursday at the top of South Mountain and rapidly expanded. The Maria Fire started on South Mountain north of Somis and south of Santa Paula. It spread ...

Somis couple recounts harrowing escape from Mountain Fire 03:33. Families continue to return to the remnants of their homes ravaged by the Mountain Fire in Ventura County, including one Somis ...

Somis, a rural community in Ventura County, was used to close calls. This was different. My mother-in-law was lucky; some neighbors weren't.

The Mountain Fire, as it has been named, jumped Highway 118, near Camarillo Heights, shortly after 10:45 a.m. Wednesday and continued burning south toward Camarillo, north toward Santa Paula and ...

California was swept by a new fire–the Maria Fire–around the Somis and Santa Paula areas of Ventura County on Thursday. As of 11 p.m. (local time) Thursday, the rapidly expanding blaze was ...

The request was sent when the fire threatened 3,500 homes in the communities of Somis, Camarillo and Saticoy, which officials said have a combined population of 30,000.

Everywhere that I'm going, the fire is following us." Luis Villanueva is devastated after losing his home in the Mountain Fire. In a double tragedy, he lost his home back in 2017 to the Thomas Fire.

The map allows you to view the current fire perimeter, evacuation zones and the region’s topography. As of Friday morning, the fire was estimated at 20,576 acres and 7% contained. At least […] ...

Crews on Sunday continued battling a wind-driven brush fire that scorched 2,700 acres in Ventura County, and their progress allowed for some evacuation orders to be lifted.

SOMIS, Calif. (KABC) -- A wind-driven brush fire charred more than 2,000 acres in Ventura County Saturday and prompted evacuation orders for some residents as firefighters raced to stop the spread.

Laurie Perez reports from Somis, where she speaks with one couple whose home was destroyed in the devastating Mountain Fire last week. They recount the harrowing moments they had to gather up as ...