Live updates: At least 132 structures destroyed by Mountain Fire in Ventura County

Some Camarillo residents are offering their support to those who lost their homes in the Mountain Fire.

Peter Nichols told Eyewitness News though he's grateful he still has his home, he has great empathy for his friends whose homes were destroyed.

"Nobody knew anything about our house, whether it was still here or not," he said. "From the top of the street, we could see the roof of this house. It's just overwhelming. I cried like a baby. My wife and I hugged."

Many said the Mountain Fire reminds them of the the 2018 Woolsey Fire, which killed three people and destroyed 1,600 homes.

Many said the Mountain Fire reminds them of the the 2018 Woolsey Fire, which killed three people and destroyed 1,600 homes.

Investigators are working hard to determine what sparked the wind-driven Mountain Fire, which quickly scorched more than 20,000 acres in Ventura County.

Firefighters believe the blaze started Wednesday morning in Somis, but they don't yet know the cause.

Brian Williams, who has lived in Somis for 22 years, recalls seeing the smoke pour into the sky that morning after his wife called him.

"Around 9 a.m. she called me and there was smoke coming up over the back of our property pretty fast. I head home and halfway home she said she could see flames, we have a back pasture. It had already encroached onto the house. It was chaos. They had evacuated. The fire was approaching the house."

Investigators are still trying to determine what sparked the Mountain Fire, which spread to more than 20,000 acres and destroyed dozens of homes in Ventura County.

Ventura County Fire Capt. Trevor Johnson says they haven't determined the origin.

"No idea on the cause of the fire," Johnson said. "Again, we are fully committed to bringing resolve to the incident. That is a part of our incident management strategy. But that's under investigation currently."

The Perez family's home was one of several destroyed by flames that tore through a mobile home park in Somis. The family had lived there for more than 25 years and had just moments to grab important documents and escape.

"I don't feel anything now. Everything lost, everything gone, all my memories, all my life was there," Reyna Perez said.

A GoFundMe campaign has been made to help the family.

The Perez family's home of more than two decades was one of several destroyed by flames that tore through a mobile home park in Somis.

At least 132 structures - many of them homes - were destroyed by the Mountain Fire and 88 were damaged, fire officials said in a Thursday evening media update.

Survey teams are still sorting through the damaged neighborhoods, a process that is methodical and slow because they have to make sure gas lines are safe before they enter properties for inspection.

Ventura County Fire Department officials said the survey teams have conducted 298 inspections. The damage numbers are from those inspections, but more properties still have to be examined.

Of the 132 structures destroyed, they didn't specify how many of those were homes - but aerial footage of the fire's path of destruction has shown mostly residential neighborhoods hit hardest by the flames.