Posted on 11/24/2007 4:37:19 PM PST by Sub-Driver
Celebrities flee, homes gutted as wildfire ravages Malibu Nov 24 05:47 PM US/Eastern Hollywood stars were among nearly 10,000 people forced to flee as wind-driven wildfires tore through the celebrity enclave of Malibu on Saturday, gutting at least 35 multi-million dollar homes and threatening hundreds more, officials and reports said.
Fires erupted at around 3:30 am (1130 GMT) officials said, spreading rapidly through tinder-dry brush as winds packing gusts of up to 50 mph fanned the inferno, the second major blaze to hit Malibu in the space of a month.
By 10:30 am (1830 GMT), around 2,200 acres had been scorched as the flames burned unchecked, Los Angeles County Fire Department officials said.
Around 1,700 firefighters had been deployed to tackle the fires, backed up by 23 aircraft including water-dropping helicopters and a DC-10 which was pummeling the infernos with flame retardant.
Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky told a press conference 10,000 residents had been evacuated. Only one injury had been reported so far, a firefighter who received burns which were not thought serious, he added.
Local media reports said actors Matthew McConaughey and Minnie Driver were among those forced to evacuate while Red Hot Chili Peppers bass guitarist Flea's home was destroyed by the flames.
Yaroslavsky said winds blowing across the region had begun to ease later Saturday, offering encouragement to firefighters. However he warned the situation could change rapidly.
"It's a very dynamic and dangerous situation," he told reporters. "The winds have died down but we need to caution everyone that winds can start again in a hurry. It does not mean people are out of danger.
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You’ve spoken/written to Sacramento on our behalf I assume?
“Apparently their dogma just got run over by mother natures karma.”
You have a great way with words.
Pray for for Brbra’s vast estate!
No, but my relatives have. Not that it makes any difference—enviros seem to have more influence there than common sense folks.
That said, I live in a state that also has wildfires (Oklahoma), and I know a little about what needs to be done to prevent them if possible (not always possible) or alleviate the damage if not.
Then again, newsies don’t often care about what happens in Oklahoma, since we have so few celebrities.
I am dismayed and shocked (to say the least) at some of the discompassionate replys from FReepers - at a time when so many people’s lives are being threatened along with their pets and their homes.
Relation of yours?
Yes... nothing.
Um, I think you’re a tad hysterical also.
We too, know what needs to be done to HELP prevent these things. But as in ANY place, when Libs/EnviroNazi’s rule the roost....you end up with really REALLY stupid laws.
Karma's a b1tch.
10,000 people evacuated. 4500 acres burned. 51 homes destroyed, more damaged.
Perhaps you could add some sincerity to your post.
Me too.
You’re a joke, and possibly one of the reasons California has so many wildfires (funny, we never had that many when I was growing up there—but that was when people seemed to have common sense—well before the environuts took over). Fire roads and brush clearing are two very simple ways to cut down on the fires.
Thanks for checking in from the Truth or Consequences Trailer Park.
LOL!!
I noticed your profile has an Arizona flag. I hope you have a second house there.
(As for me, if mine goes up, that’s it for me, baby!)
me either I notice mn jonnie has been missing in action on the fire threads i was gonna ping him today but oh well
morgana was the kissing bandit
Celebrities are not people!
Okay, into the padded cell with Morgana with you.
And cut back on the Starbucks while you're at it.
Take it someplace else
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