KTLA reporter Sara Welch was reporting on the Mountain Fire in Ventura County on Wednesday afternoon when homes were destroyed by the wind-driven flames during her live report.
The fire started in the Somis and Camarillo area earlier in the day and quickly grew to 9,000 acres. Firefighters were hampered by strong Santa Ana winds whipping through Southern California on Wednesday.
“The flames are just vicious,” Welch said during KTLA 5 News at 1 p.m. as a home behind her burned.
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