Steven Snyder stood by his bedroom window, gazing out as his neighborhood burned. Waves of red and orange flames and plumes of black smoke swallowed everything in sight — yet, remarkably, his house stood unscathed.

The blaze erupted on Wednesday morning and spread rapidly, fanned by fierce seasonal Santa Ana winds from California's desert interior.

The odds of finding it were probably less than finding a needle in a haystack and the fact that we were able to go over and help them – and it was probably the worst day of their lives – bring a little joy to them is something that will take us forever,

A devastating wave of wildfires has swept through Southern California, consuming homes in Camarillo and leaving a trail of destruction.

After losing her home and almost her life to the Mountain Fire, firefighters helped give a Camarillo woman and her husband a glimmer of hope. Alia Phillips recently returned to the ash and rubble left of the Camarillo home she shared with her husband Sal for two years.

After losing her home and almost her life to the Mountain Fire, firefighters helped give a Camarillo woman and her husband a glimmer of hope. KTLA's Angeli Kakade talks to Alia Phillips and the firefighters that found her wedding ring.