Mandatory evacuations have been ordered for hundreds of home as a wind-driven brush fire quickly grew to 2,500 acres and was spreading rapidly in the Santa Paula area Monday evening, Ventura County authorities said.
wORSE THAN THAT. dISPATCH JUST SAID 15-20K ACREAGE. tO HIGHWAY 33 IN A COUPLE OF HOURS. pOSSIBLY 45k acres by morning.