NEW DELHI (AP) — Tens of thousands of Hindu devotees flocked to rivers and bodies of water across India to pray to the sun god as part of the Chhath festival this week.
In Noida, on the outskirts of the capital New Delhi, families gathered at the Yamuna river, which is covered with white toxic foam as a result of pollutants discharged from nearby industries.
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A Hindu woman puts vermilion powder on the forehead of another during Chhath festival performed to thank the Sun god for sustaining life on earth and seeking the divine blessings on the Gomti River in Lucknow, India, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
A Hindu devotee moves toward the river Brahmaputra in a prostrate manner to perform rituals during Chhath Puja festival in Guwahati, in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, India, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
A devotee performs rituals on the banks of the river Yamuna during Chhath festival in Noida, near New Delhi, India, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Devotees pray as they wait for the sun to rise on the banks of the river Yamuna during Chhath festival in Noida, near New Delhi, India, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
A child lies next to offerings brought by devotees on the banks of the river Yamuna during Chhath festival in Noida, near New Delhi, India, India, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
A couple sits with offerings on the banks of the river Yamuna during Chhath festival in Noida, near New Delhi, India, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Devotees arrive on the banks of the river Yamuna to offer prayers as smog and dust envelops the skyline during Chhath festival in Noida, near New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
A devotee prays on the banks of the river Yamuna as toxic foam flows during Chhath festival in Noida, near New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Devotees pray on the banks of the river Yamuna as toxic foam flows during Chhath festival in Noida, near New Delhi, India, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Devotees arrive on the banks of the river Yamuna to offer prayers as smog envelops the skyline during the Chhath festival in Noida, near New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
A devotee takes a dip in the river Yamuna before offering prayers to the sun god during Chhath festival in Noida, near New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
A devotee prostrates on the bank of the river Yamuna to offer prayers as smog envelops the skyline during Chhath festival in Noida, near New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Women devotees offer prayers to the sun god on the banks of the river Yamuna during the Chhath festival in Noida, near New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Women devotees get ready on the banks of the river Yamuna to offer prayers to the sun god during Chhath festival in Noida, near New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Devotees take selfies on the banks of the river Yamuna before offering prayer to the sun god during Chhath festival in Noida, near New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Devotees perform rituals on the banks of the river Yamuna as they offer prayer to the sun god during Chhath festival in Noida, near New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Devotees pray on the banks of the river Yamuna during Chhath festival in Noida, near New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
A Hindu woman performs rituals to mark Chhath festival in the Hussain Sagar Lake in Hyderabad, India, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
Hindu devotees gather by the river Brahmaputra and offer prayers during Chhath festival in Guwahati, northeastern Assam state, India, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
Hindu devotees pray to the sun god standing in knee deep waters in the Hussain Sagar Lake during the Chhath festival in Hyderabad, India, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
Hindu devotees gather by the river Brahmaputra and offer prayers during Chhath festival in Guwahati, northeastern Assam state, India, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
Hindu devotees gather by the river Brahmaputra and offer prayers to the setting sun during Chhath festival in Guwahati, northeastern Assam state, India, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
Devotees pray on the banks of the river Yamuna as toxic foam flows during Chhath festival in Noida, near New Delhi, India, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Devotees gather to perform rituals during Chhath festival in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024.(AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
A Hindu devotee prostrates to the river Brahmaputra during Chhath festival in Guwahati, in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, India, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
Hindu devotees pray to the sun god standing in knee deep waters in the Hussain Sagar Lake during Chhath festival in Hyderabad, India, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
Women in brightly colored saris waded into the knee-deep water flecked with blobs of white foam. Some carried a coconut or other fruits as an offering to thank Lord Surya, the god of the sun, for sustaining life on earth as they sought divine blessings.
The Yamuna is considered one of India’s most sacred rivers, and Hindu devotees have continued to use it despite warnings about the toxic foam. A court in Delhi on Wednesday forbade worshipers from performing rituals on the bank of the heavily polluted river over health and safety concerns, local media reported, yet thousands gathered on Thursday and Friday at the river banks to immerse themselves in the river and drinks it water.
From the financial capital Mumbai to Hyderabad in the south and Guwahati in the east, thousands of men, women and children did the same.
The Chhath festival, celebrated after the Hindu festival of Diwali, originated in the country's eastern states, with large celebrations in Bihar and Jharkand, and extends to Nepal. Over the years, it has grown more popular across India, often introduced as migrants from eastern states mark the festival away from home.
The rituals, which stretch over four days, include a holy dip in the river and a period of fasting and abstaining from drinking water. On the last two days, devotees stand in the waters to pray to the sun as it rises and sets, with some families camping out overnight along the banks.
A Hindu woman puts vermilion powder on the forehead of another during Chhath festival performed to thank the Sun god for sustaining life on earth and seeking the divine blessings on the Gomti River in Lucknow, India, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
A Hindu devotee moves toward the river Brahmaputra in a prostrate manner to perform rituals during Chhath Puja festival in Guwahati, in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, India, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
A devotee performs rituals on the banks of the river Yamuna during Chhath festival in Noida, near New Delhi, India, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Devotees pray as they wait for the sun to rise on the banks of the river Yamuna during Chhath festival in Noida, near New Delhi, India, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
A child lies next to offerings brought by devotees on the banks of the river Yamuna during Chhath festival in Noida, near New Delhi, India, India, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
A couple sits with offerings on the banks of the river Yamuna during Chhath festival in Noida, near New Delhi, India, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Devotees arrive on the banks of the river Yamuna to offer prayers as smog and dust envelops the skyline during Chhath festival in Noida, near New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
A devotee prays on the banks of the river Yamuna as toxic foam flows during Chhath festival in Noida, near New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Devotees pray on the banks of the river Yamuna as toxic foam flows during Chhath festival in Noida, near New Delhi, India, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Devotees arrive on the banks of the river Yamuna to offer prayers as smog envelops the skyline during the Chhath festival in Noida, near New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
A devotee takes a dip in the river Yamuna before offering prayers to the sun god during Chhath festival in Noida, near New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
A devotee prostrates on the bank of the river Yamuna to offer prayers as smog envelops the skyline during Chhath festival in Noida, near New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Women devotees offer prayers to the sun god on the banks of the river Yamuna during the Chhath festival in Noida, near New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Women devotees get ready on the banks of the river Yamuna to offer prayers to the sun god during Chhath festival in Noida, near New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Devotees take selfies on the banks of the river Yamuna before offering prayer to the sun god during Chhath festival in Noida, near New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Devotees perform rituals on the banks of the river Yamuna as they offer prayer to the sun god during Chhath festival in Noida, near New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Devotees pray on the banks of the river Yamuna during Chhath festival in Noida, near New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
A Hindu woman performs rituals to mark Chhath festival in the Hussain Sagar Lake in Hyderabad, India, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
Hindu devotees gather by the river Brahmaputra and offer prayers during Chhath festival in Guwahati, northeastern Assam state, India, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
Hindu devotees pray to the sun god standing in knee deep waters in the Hussain Sagar Lake during the Chhath festival in Hyderabad, India, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
Hindu devotees gather by the river Brahmaputra and offer prayers during Chhath festival in Guwahati, northeastern Assam state, India, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
Hindu devotees gather by the river Brahmaputra and offer prayers to the setting sun during Chhath festival in Guwahati, northeastern Assam state, India, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
Devotees pray on the banks of the river Yamuna as toxic foam flows during Chhath festival in Noida, near New Delhi, India, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Devotees gather to perform rituals during Chhath festival in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024.(AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
A Hindu devotee prostrates to the river Brahmaputra during Chhath festival in Guwahati, in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, India, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
Hindu devotees pray to the sun god standing in knee deep waters in the Hussain Sagar Lake during Chhath festival in Hyderabad, India, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California wildfire has destroyed 132 structures, mostly homes, in less than two days, fire officials said Thursday as raging winds were forecast to ease.
The fire started Wednesday morning in Ventura County and has grown to about 32 square miles (83 square kilometers) at 5% containment. Its cause has not been determined.
Ten people have been injured in the course of the fire, Ventura County Sheriff James Fryhoff said. Most of them suffered from smoke inhalation or other non-life-threatening injuries.
Fire officials said 88 other structures were damaged but did not specify whether they had been burned or affected by water or smoke damage.
Some 10,000 people remained under evacuation orders Thursday as the Mountain Fire continued to threaten some 3,500 structures in suburban neighborhoods, ranches and agricultural areas around Camarillo in Ventura County.
County fire officials said crews working in steep terrain with support from water-dropping helicopters were focusing on protecting homes on hillsides along the fire's northeast edge near the city of Santa Paula, home to more than 30,000 people.
Kelly Barton watched as firefighters sifted through the charred rubble of her parents’ ranch home of 20 years in the hills of Camarillo with a view of the Pacific Ocean. The crews uncovered two safes and her parents’ collection of vintage door knockers undamaged among the devastation.
“This was their forever retirement home,” Barton said Thursday. “Now in their 70s, they have to start over.”
Her father returned to the house an hour after evacuating Wednesday to find it already destroyed. He was able to move four of their vintage cars to safety but two — including a Chevy Nova he'd had since he was 18 — burned to “toast,” Barton said.
Officials in several Southern California counties urged residents to be on watch for fast-spreading blazes, power outages and downed trees during the latest round of notorious Santa Ana winds.
Santa Anas are dry, warm and gusty northeast winds that blow from the interior of Southern California toward the coast and offshore, moving in the opposite direction of the normal onshore flow that carries moist air from the Pacific. They typically occur during the fall months and continue through winter and into early spring.
Ariel Cohen, the National Weather Service’s meteorologist in charge in Oxnard, said Santa Ana winds were subsiding in the lower elevations but remained gusty across the higher elevations Thursday evening.
The red flag warnings, indicating conditions for high fire danger, expired in the area except for in the Santa Susana Mountains, Cohen said. The warnings will expire by 11 a.m. Friday in the mountains.
The Santa Ana winds are expected to return early-to-midweek next week, Cohen added.
The Mountain Fire was burning in a region that has seen some of California’s most destructive fires over the years. The fire swiftly grew from less than half a square mile (about 1.2 square kilometers) to more than 16 square miles (41 square kilometers) in little more than five hours on Wednesday. By Thursday evening it was mapped at about 32 square miles (83 square kilometers) and Gov. Gavin Newsom had proclaimed a state of emergency in the county.
Marcus Eriksen, who has a farm in Santa Paula, said firefighters kept embers from spreading to his home, his vehicles and other structures even as piles of compost and wood chips were engulfed.
The flames were up to 30 feet (9 meters) tall and moving quickly, Eriksen said Thursday. Their speed and ferocity overwhelmed him, but the firefighters kept battling to save as much as they could on his property. Thanks to their work, “we dodged a bullet, big time,” he said.
Sharon Boggie said the fire came within 200 feet (60 meters) of her house in Santa Paula.
“We thought we were going to lose it at 7:00 this morning,” Boggie said Thursday as white smoke billowed through the neighborhood. She initially fled with her two dogs while her sister and nephew stayed behind. Hours later the situation seemed better, she said.
The Ventura County Office of Education announced that more than a dozen school districts and campuses in the county were closed Thursday, and a few were expected to be closed Friday.
Utilities in California began powering down equipment during high winds and extreme fire danger after a series of massive and deadly wildfires in recent years were sparked by electrical lines and other infrastructure.
Power was shut off to nearly 70,000 customers in five counties over the heightened risk, Southern California Edison said Thursday. Gabriela Ornelas, a spokesperson for Edison, could not immediately answer whether power had been shut off in the area where the Mountain Fire was sparked.
The wildfires burned in the same areas of other recent destructive infernos, including the 2018 Woolsey Fire, which killed three people and destroyed 1,600 homes near Los Angeles, and the 2017 Thomas Fire, which burned more than a thousand homes and other structures in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties. Southern California Edison has paid tens of millions of dollars to settle claims after its equipment was blamed for both blazes.
Weber reported from Los Angeles. Jaimie Ding and Stefanie Dazio in Los Angeles; Ethan Swope in Camarillo; Eugene Garcia in Santa Paula; Amy Taxin in Orange County; Kathy McCormack in Concord, New Hampshire; and Sarah Brumfield in Washington, D.C., contributed to this report.
A helicopter drops water while battling the Mountain Fire along Waters Road in Moorpark, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Jaime Hernandez sprays water to defend his home while battling approaching flames from the Mountain Fire near Moorpark, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. Hernandez has been staying behind to fight multiple wildfires since 1988. (Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
Horses gallop in an enclosure at Swanhill Farms as the Mountain Fire burns in Moorpark, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Tracey Tanner pets Brownie the goat while watching the Mountain Fire burn around Swanhill Farms in Moorpark, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Inmate firefighters battle the Mountain Fire at Swanhill Farms in Moorpark, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
A firefighter battling the Mountain Fire watches flames from a firing operation burn off vegetation around Swanhill Farms in Moorpark, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Flames from the Mountain Fire burn along a hillside as horses gallop in an enclosure at Swanhill Farms in Moorpark, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Horses gallop in an enclosure at Swanhill Farms as the Mountain Fire burns in Moorpark, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Flames from the Mountain Fire leap along a hillside as a horse stands in an enclosure at Swanhill Farms in Moorpark, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Tiffany Hobelman leads a horse named Koshan from an enclosure at Swanhill Farms as the Mountain Fire burns in Moorpark, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Flames from the Mountain Fire leap along a hillside as horses gallop in an enclosure at Swanhill Farms in Moorpark, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Todd Howard, left, sifts through the remains of his parents' fire-ravaged property with the help of firefighters after the Mountain Fire swept through, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024, in Camarillo, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Todd Howard, left, sifts through the remains of his parents' fire-ravaged property with the help of firefighters after the Mountain Fire swept through, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024, in Camarillo, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Todd Howard sifts through the remains of his parents' fire-ravaged property after the Mountain Fire swept through, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024, in Camarillo, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Todd Howard sifts through the remains of his parents' fire-ravaged property after the Mountain Fire swept through, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024, in Camarillo, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Firefighters and sheriff's deputies push a vintage car away from a burning home as the Mountain Fire burns in Camarillo, Calif., on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Todd Howard sifts through the remains of his parents' fire-ravaged property after the Mountain Fire swept through, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024, in Camarillo, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Marvin Meador sifts through his fire-ravaged property after the Mountain Fire swept through, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024, in Camarillo, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
A worker digs a trench in front of a fire-ravaged property after the Mountain Fire swept through, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024, in Camarillo, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
A firefighter walks through smoke while battling the Mountain Fire on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024, in Santa Paula, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
A helicopter drops water as the Mountain Fire burns along South Mountain Rd. on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024, in Santa Paula, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
The Mountain Fire burns above South Mountain Rd. on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024, in Santa Paula, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Kelly Barton, left, is hugged by a family friend after arriving at her parents' fire-ravaged property in the aftermath of the Mountain Fire, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024, in Camarillo, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Marvin Meador walks on the remains of his fire-ravaged property after the Mountain Fire swept through, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024, in Camarillo, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
A firefighter prepares to douse flames while battling the Mountain Fire on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in Santa Paula, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
A firefighter climbs off an engine while battling the Mountain Fire on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in Santa Paula, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Firefighters with the Culver City Fire Department extinguish hot spots at a home destroyed by the Mountain Fire in Camarillo, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. (Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
Firefighter Missy Forrett with the Beverly Hills Fire Department puts out flames at a home destroyed by the Mountain Fire in Camarillo, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. (Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
A horse stands in an enclosure as the Mountain Fire burns behind on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in Santa Paula, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
A firefighter prepares to douse flames while battling the Mountain Fire on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in Santa Paula, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
A firefighter watches as flames from the Mountain Fire consume a home in Camarillo, Calif., on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Flames engulf a structure during the Mountain Fire in Camarillo, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. (Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
Flames consume a home as the Mountain Fire burns in Camarillo, Calif., on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Smoke rises from the Mountain Fire as seen from a commercial flight near Ventura County, California, Wednesday Nov. 6, 2024. (Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
In this aerial still image provided by KABC-TV, shows Los Angeles County Fire Department crews scrambled to contain a small blaze fed by erratic wind gusts that pushed flames through dry brush near Broad Beach along Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. (KABC-TV via AP)
In this aerial still image provided by KABC-TV, shows Los Angeles County Fire Department crews scrambled to contain a small blaze fed by erratic wind gusts that pushed flames through dry brush near Broad Beach along Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. (KABC-TV via AP)
Flames consume a home as the Mountain Fire burns in Camarillo, Calif., on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Firefighters work against the Mountain fire, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, near Camarillo, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Flames consume a home as the Mountain Fire burns in Camarillo, Calif., on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Firefighters work through heavy winds and smoke in the Mountain fire, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in Camarillo, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
A firefighter works in the Mountain fire, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, near Camarillo, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Flames engulf a structure during the Mountain Fire, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, near Camarillo, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
A helicopter drops water over a burning home in the Mountain fire, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, near Camarillo, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
A political sign sits in front of a destroyed home in the Mountain fire, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, near Camarillo, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
A fire burns a house in the Mountain fire, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in Camarillo, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
A firefighter, moves bicycles as he works against the Mountain fire, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, near Camarillo, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
A helicopter drops water over flames in the Mountain fire, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, near Santa Paula, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
CORRECTS CAR - Firefighters and sheriff's deputies push a vintage car away from a burning home as the Mountain Fire burns in Camarillo, Calif., on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Television reporters film as flames from the Mountain Fire consume a home in Camarillo, Calif., on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
