Posted on 10/21/2007 9:48:36 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
UPDATE: The city of Malibu is advising residents in Puerco Canyon to begin evacuating due to a wildfire driven by powerful winds. This area is north of Pacific Coast Highway and about 1 mile west of Pepperdine University. Residents along the beach on Malibu Road may soon be evacuated. Pacific Coast Highway is closed between Kanan-Dume Road and Topanga Canyon. Residents are advised to head to the west. Evacuation centers are being set up in the Zuma Beach area.
A wildfire driven by powerful winds in the Malibu Hills this morning threatened a university, destroyed at least one home and forced the evacuation of hundreds more, authorities said.
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Mexican Bomberos? We send CDF down there this year...time for pay back
They are saying Stephensons Ranch is out of danger now...it is heading toward Porter Ranch / Ventura County now
These damn fires are like a Freeway chase scene....
yes...and socal is out of engines!
Pretty sad.
My old street our old house is the only one standing...and then dozens gone. It’s hit or miss. It’s so surreal watching this and knowing people on every street named. I’m sitting here with the church directory comparing addresses b/c I literally know a person per street listed on the lists or said.
Lake Arrowhead,homes still going up, reporter showing a house burning.128 homes lost so far according to this site.http://media.myfoxla.com/live/
Oh no...
Is that the same fire that was started in Irvine this morning?
Don’t know.
B-safe, b9.
By Anne Krueger, Leonel Sanchez and Ray Huard
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
2:37 p.m. October 22, 2007
The city of Chula Vista is staging voluntary evacuations for eastern portions of the city as the deadly Harris fire continues to cut a path west.
The fire, which has burned 20,000 acres and is 5 percent contained, has killed one person and injured 18 more, including four firefighters.
A smaller fire is burning about 400 acres in the Descanso area but is expected to be fully contained Tuesday.
San Diego county fire(s) on pace to surpass the Cedar Fire(sp?) of 2003..........PRAYERS ON-GOING FOR ALL AFFECTED!!!
White House says Bush calls governor to make sure state gets help
http://www.bakersfield.com/119/story/266153.html
A White House spokesman says President Bush has called California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to make sure the state is getting the help it needs from the federal government to fight the devastating wildfires.
White House deputy press secretary Scott Stanzel says in an e-mail that Bush called Schwarzenegger during the early afternoon Monday.
Stanzel says the Federal Emergency Management Agency has provided fire management assistance grants for four major fires.
The grants provide 75 percent of the cost for field camps, equipment repair and replacement, mobilization activities and other expenses.
In addition, Stanzel says the U.S. Department of Agriculture has deployed fire crews, engines, air tankers and helicopters to the incident areas.
Thx, GDubya!
04:00 PM Source: scanner
entire area of Lake Arrowhead is under mandatory evacuation - confirmed
03:58 PM Source: scanner
Golden Rule and Manitoba; 15 to 20 hispanic males in the back of a truck appears to be getting ready to loot; SO en route
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