LAKESIDE, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) -- Residents in a Lakeside neighborhood are assessing the damage after a fast-moving brush fire tore through the area, destroying at least six homes and damaging several others.

The Coches Fire broke out Monday afternoon, scorching about five acres. Two people were injured, one suffering burns and another from smoke inhalation, authorities said.

Despite the relatively small size of the blaze, strong winds pushed flames dangerously close to dozens of homes. Firefighters used water and retardant from the air in an effort to keep the flames from spreading to more properties, including the Monterey Mobile Lodge Park.

Fritz Strawder lives on Calleja Risa and said he feared his home would be lost when flames swept across a nearby ridgeline. He rushed door to door

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