What to Know

• A brush fire quickly grew to 14,500 acres in less than 24 hours in Moorpark and Camarillo in Ventura County.
• Several homes burned in the wind-fanned Mountain Fire northwest of Los Angeles.
• Evacuations ordered Wednesday were expanded to include more areas Thursday.
• A red flag warning, indicating strong winds and dangerous wildfires conditions, was in effect.
• Cal Fire reported more than 1 million acres have burned in wildfires since the start of the year. At this point last year, only 308,000 acres had burned.