quality and classes were canceled at 265 schools thursday ucla at the edge of the belair evacuation zone canceled afternoon classes and its evening basketball game students on campus wore dust and surgical masks by late afternoon firefighters said they had controlled the fires advance production of hbos westworld and the cbs show swat was suspended because of the danger to cast and crew from two nearby fires in ventura county northwest of la the biggest and most destructive of the wildfires grew beyond 100 square miles 259 square kilometers and had nearly reached the pacific on tuesday night after starting 30 miles about 45 kilometers inland a day earlier the fire destroyed at least 150 structures but incident commander todd derum said he suspects hundreds of homes have been lost along a stretch of a hilly subdivision with stunning ocean and mountain views above ventura about 65 homes were razed fewer than 30 houses still stood in the same area where embers glowed and trees smoldered homes farther up the road fared much better with only two burned and 42 intact while winds were calmer wednesday the fire remained active around ventura spreading along the coast to the west and up into the mountains around the community of ojai and into the agricultural city of santa paula were basically in an urban firefight in ventura where if you can keep that house from burning you might be able to slow the fire down said tim chavez a fire behavior specialist at the blaze but thats about it