Maaike Maks, a Dutch tourist was visiting California from the Netherlands when she and her family were caught driving through the middle of the raging fire and posted the video below to Twitter.
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The fire started at around 11pm local time on Friday near Ventura, which is about 105km northwest of Los Angeles, and strong winds as high as 65km/h and dry vegetation caused it to grow rapidly, fire officials said.
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Nearly 1,350 departures and arrivals were canceled Sunday – 778 of them at Dallas-Fort Worth International alone. In northern Texas, where local officials estimated as many as 1,450 homes were damaged or destroyed.
About 600 area firefighters are continuing to battle the blaze and are being assisted by at least two water-dropping helicopters.
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A brush fire that occurred in north of Ventura near the Pacific Coast Highway left 1,200 acres burned, and it continues to menace thousands of home.
The blaze also forced the closure of a section of Pacific Coast Highway between Ventura and Santa Barbara, according to the California Highway Patrol.
On Sunday, firefighters were busy dousing hotspots and mopping up remnants of the approximately 1,230-acre blaze. The houses, as well as a nearby campground, were issued a mandatory evacuation order, while a “voluntary” evacuation order was issued to the nearby Faria Beach community, where there are 30 to 40 homes, shared fire officials.
The National Weather Service predicts 6-12 miles per hour winds through the morning, shifting to weak westerly winds by the afternoon. According to Ventura County Fire officials, the flames were visible about 150 feet from the sand.
Santa Barbara County firefighter Chris Hansen works to douse a flare-up on an oil field access road while working a Solimar wildfire in Ventura County Saturday, Dec. 26, 2015. It was about 10 percent contained. Evacuation orders for about 50 homes in Solimar Beach were rescinded.
A Red Cross shelter has been set up for residents, it said. Authorities say two firefighters have suffered minor injuries, one to a knee and another to an ankle.
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Windy conditions should prevail into Sunday, at which point a wind advisory should still be in effect.
