It also burned to within 3 km of the prestigious UCLA's Westwood campus, home to 45,500 students.
The fire roared through 745 acres by Wednesday night and torched or damaged more than a dozen homes and is still just 27 percent contained. Firefighters labored through the night to spray homes in the area and other neighborhoods to extinguish embers.
Evacuation orders were lifted in most areas as firefighters spent the last 12 hours putting out hot spots. They remain vigilant despite the fire being mostly under control, since wind advisories Wednesday forecast dangerous gusts that could rekindle the blaze.
Strong winds Wednesday fueled several new wildfires in Southern California.
A fast-growing fire, dubbed Easy Fire, broke out at 6:00 a.m. local time (1300 GMT) in Simi Valley and came within 100 yards (91 meters) of the historic Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in few hours.
It also put 6,500 homes in danger in nearby residential neighborhoods, forcing thousands of residents to flee. As of Wednesday night, 30,000 people were under mandatory evacuation as 1,000 firefighters battled the blaze and helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft dropped water and fire-quelling Phos-Chek.
Ventura County Fire Chief Mark Lorenzen said his men battled the flames hard in an effort to stop the fire from jumping Highway 23. Though the fire did eventually hop the highway, firefighters were able to stop the advance on the other side.
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