Fast-moving wildfire forces evacuations near Malibu

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-12-10 15:53:04 | Updated at 2024-12-26 01:15:37 2 weeks ago

Fast-moving wildfire forces evacuations near Malibu
BBC ^ | December 10, 2024 | James FitzGerald

Posted on 12/10/2024 7:36:07 AM PST by Twotone

An evacuation order is in place near the city of Malibu in the US state of California after a fast-moving wildfire broke out and burned hundreds of acres of vegetation.

The blaze has been dubbed the Franklin Fire by authorities, who say it started in Malibu Canyon at about 22:50 local time on Monday (06:50 GMT).

Firefighters are on the scene and a mandatory evacuation order is in place for a wide swathe of eastern Malibu. A shelter-in-place order applies to much of nearby Pepperdine University.

It is not yet clear what caused the blaze, which has been labelled a brush fire - meaning a type of blaze that affects lower-lying vegetation such as grasses.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; fire; malibu

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A short video showing the fire at the site.

1 posted on 12/10/2024 7:36:07 AM PST by Twotone

To: Twotone

2 posted on 12/10/2024 7:43:21 AM PST by janetjanet998 (Legacy media including youtube are the enemy of the people and must die)

To: Twotone

“which scientists have attributed to human-caused climate change.”

Always have to try and insert the liberal narrative.

3 posted on 12/10/2024 7:46:52 AM PST by doorgunner69 (Your oath of enlistment has no expiration date)

To: Twotone

Ecowackos won’t let the Kalifornia cities clean up the brush anymore. They want the cities destroyed.

4 posted on 12/10/2024 7:48:21 AM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))

To: Twotone

When Kalifornia was California and Reagan Country, there was a Malibu Fire every 5-10 years.

Today it is only news when some $$rich$$ Hollyweird person loses a mansion.

5 posted on 12/10/2024 7:48:32 AM PST by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try)

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