On November 7, 2024, Governor Newsom issued State of Emergency Proclamation for the Mountain Fire in Ventura County. The Mountain Fire began burning in Ventura County and has burned over 8,000 acres and continues to grow without containment. The Mountain Fire has destroyed and continues to threaten structures, homes, transportation and other critical infrastructure, communication sites, and transmission lines. Low humidities and damaging winds blowing between 50 and 60 miles per hour, with gusts of up to 70 miles per hour, have increased the intensity and spread of the Mountain Fire, causing imminent threat to life, with a Red Flag warning in effect in Ventura County.