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"Her body was scorched where her clothes would have been."

The Mountain Fire had scorched some of the fruit, leaving it shriveled or in ashes.

Preliminary findings estimated more than $7 million in agriculture losses from the fire, which scorched avocado, citrus, raspberry and other fields as well as rangeland, said Korinne Bell, Ventura County’s agricultural commissioner.

So far, the fire has scorched more than 14,000 acres and is threatening thousands of homes.

Video footage shared with BBC News by eyewitnesses shows people covered in volcanic ash, rock showers and homes ablaze, as well as the scorched aftermath of the disruption.