Over 130 homes lost in California wildfire as winds abate

At least 130 homes have been destroyed by a wildfire raging outside Los Angeles, as a break in the weather gave firefighters a chance to tame the blaze.

Hurricane-strength winds this week fuelled an explosion in the Mountain Fire near Camarillo, which grew rapidly to over 20,000 acres.

Thousands of people in the path of the inferno were forced to flee, some with only minutes to gather possessions and pets as unpredictable flames leapt from home to home.