The Thomas Fire is still destroying homes and displacing thousands of people in Ventura County as it continues to grow along the California coast Thursday morning.

The Thomas Fire grew another 6,000 acres overnight, spurred on by gusts of up to 85 MPH.

Fire officials said Thursday brought a historic fire danger score and prompted them to upgrade their color-coding system to include purple for the first time.

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Fire officials said Thursday morning the Thomas Fire had reached 96,000 acres. The plume of smoke from the fire stretches 1,000 miles into the Pacific Ocean.

And low humidity will not help firefighters Thursday. It will still be low Thursday, meaning the trees and brush fueling the fires will continue to be tinder.

Several cities in the Ojai Valley are under mandatory evacuation. Satellite images by the National Weather Service showed the city of Ojai surrounded by fires.

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An estimated 110,000 people have evacuated across southern California, most ahead of the Thomas Fire either out of caution or during mandatory evacuations that have swept along Ventura County cities.

Ed. Note: CNN contributed to this article. KHTS is an affiliate of CNN.

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