The Mountain Fire was burning in a region that has seen some of California's most destructive fires over the years. A firefighter attempts to control the blaze burning a house in Camarillo, Calif., on Wednesday. (Etienne Laurent/AFP/Getty Images ...

Santa Ana winds impacting Ventura County have made the fire more difficult to extinguish, the Fire Department said.

By Chris Boyette, Emma Tucker, Taylor Romine, CNN and Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Firefighters are rescuing people from homes engulfed in flames as they battle a wildfire moving at a dangerously fast speed in a dense suburban neighborhood northwest of Los Angeles.