Wildfire in Malibu
October 22nd 2007 11:55
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Malibu, CA residents are forced to leave their homes as a wildfire spreads across the area. The blaze has destroyed at least five homes and two commercial buildings. There were no reports of deaths or injuries as of Sunday night. ( AP )
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At least one person was killed and several landmarks were destroyed Sunday, when Santa Ana winds whipped more than a dozen brush fires in South Calif.
The fatality occurred in San Diego County, The LA Times reported, in one of a series of wildfires that burned from Santa Barbara to the Mexico border, as the region suffered through record-setting drought.
A fire near Pacific Coast Highway - touched off by downed power lines - set shops ablaze at the Malibu Colony Shopping Center. A First Bank and Trust building was destroyed when fire caused its Spanish-style tower to collapse, Times said, and a nearby Presbyterian church burned to the ground.
Firefighters struggled to save beach-front homes - some already affected by spot fires - located near the shoppong center.
Flames in Malibu Canyon forced Pepperdine University and surrounding neighborhoods to be evacuated. Officials said thousands of homes would be threatened by the fires.
A separate fire burned more that five hundred acres west of the Golden State Freeway in the LA National Forest.
The LA National Forest blaze threatened homes and a condor preserve if it continued to push south and southwest, said US Forest Service spokesman Stanton Florea. A third fire threatened homes north of Porter Ranch in the Northern San Fernando Valley.
Winds gusting at more than 50 mph from winds blowing south made firefighters' work more difficult.
Firefighters braced for the possibility of even stronger winds Sunday night.
( United Press International )
Related Post:
At least one person was killed and several landmarks were destroyed Sunday, when Santa Ana winds whipped more than a dozen brush fires in South Calif.
The fatality occurred in San Diego County, The LA Times reported, in one of a series of wildfires that burned from Santa Barbara to the Mexico border, as the region suffered through record-setting drought.
A fire near Pacific Coast Highway - touched off by downed power lines - set shops ablaze at the Malibu Colony Shopping Center. A First Bank and Trust building was destroyed when fire caused its Spanish-style tower to collapse, Times said, and a nearby Presbyterian church burned to the ground.
Firefighters struggled to save beach-front homes - some already affected by spot fires - located near the shoppong center.
Flames in Malibu Canyon forced Pepperdine University and surrounding neighborhoods to be evacuated. Officials said thousands of homes would be threatened by the fires.
A separate fire burned more that five hundred acres west of the Golden State Freeway in the LA National Forest.
The LA National Forest blaze threatened homes and a condor preserve if it continued to push south and southwest, said US Forest Service spokesman Stanton Florea. A third fire threatened homes north of Porter Ranch in the Northern San Fernando Valley.
Winds gusting at more than 50 mph from winds blowing south made firefighters' work more difficult.
Firefighters braced for the possibility of even stronger winds Sunday night.
( United Press International )
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