"A very strong, widespread, and long-duration Santa Ana wind event will bring widespread extremely critical fire weather conditions to many areas of Los Angeles and Ventura counties Wednesday into Thursday," according to the NWS warning. ????? ???????  

The Mountain Fire is one of two wind-driven fires that broke out in Southern California, leading the NWS to issue a rare red flag warning for Los Angeles and Ventura Counties alerting of an "extreme fire risk" from Malibu into the San Gabriel Mountains, north of Los Angeles, where winds could gust near 100 mph. ????????????  

An accurate number regarding damage is expected on Thursday, as the area remains too dangerous to fully assess the damage, according to Gardner. ?????  

At least two individuals have been transferred to hospitals for smoke inhalation, Ventura County Fire Chief Justin Gardner said during a press briefing Wednesday evening. ????? ???????  

Ventura County remains under an "extremely critical" wildfire warning while firefighters struggle to gain an edge on the Mountain Fire, which is currently 0% contained. ????????????