November 14, 2008 Raging wildfire destroys 100 homes in California Play video

(NECN/ABC) - Firefighters struggled to get control of a raging wildfire Friday that destroyed more than 100 homes and injured 13 people in Montecito, California.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency in Santa Barbara County on Friday as residents waited anxiously for word of their homes. Many of them fled flames with just a few minutes' notice.

Helicopter pilots worked through the night, using night vision goggles to drop water on the flames. At daybreak Friday, nearly 20 copters and air tankers were on the job, emergency officials said.

Authorities say the fire broke out just before 6 p.m. Thursday and spread to about 2,500 acres - nearly 4 square miles - by early Friday. It destroyed dozens of luxury homes and parts of a college campus in the tony community of Montecito and an unknown number of homes in neighboring Santa Barbara. The cause was not immediately known. There was no estimate for containment.

ABC's Carla Wohl has the latest.