Charred Hillside News Today

Damaged more than two dozen homes and buildings already. authorities ordered mandatory evacuations north of l.a. >> reporter: firefighters have gotten the upper hand on this paourt of the fire. this is the northern plank of the fire. you can see the charred hillside. this was the scene of a very tough fight for firefighters. this was all once on fire just on the other side of this hill on with a is known as the spring fire, very much an active fight going on. this fire has proven to be unpredict...

Wildfire has nearly tripled in size and burned dozens of buildings. the smoke and flames have chased residents out of parts of ventura county. firefighters struggling to get it under control. cnns kyanug lah. >> reporter: firefighters have gotten the upper hand on the northern flank of the fire. you can see all this charred hillside. this was the scene of a very tough fight for firefighters, this was all once on fire, just on the other side of this hill, and whats known as the spring fire, very ...

County. how do things look where you are? >> reporter: its a very different picture than what it looked like several hours ago. firefighters have been hammering the hillsides. thats one hot spot over my shoulder there, you can see it smoldering. take a look at this charred hillside. firefighters, when we came up on this, a lot of this was on fire. its burned all the way down the ridge. and theyve been hitting this area with water from the sky, but also trying to keep an eye on anything that migh...