By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-07 02:52:37 | Updated at 2024-11-07 05:46:21
3 hours ago
SoCal fires: Hundreds flee, homes burn as powerful winds feed Moorpark, Malibu fires
ABC7 ^ | 11/06/2024 | MARCIO J. SANCHEZ, CHRISTOPHER WEBER and STEFANIE DAZIO
Posted on 11/06/2024 6:44:58 PM PST by BenLurkin
California was lashed by powerful winds Wednesday that fed a fast-moving wildfire that destroyed homes and forced hundreds of residents to flee while another fire burned near multimillion-dollar properties along the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu as forecasters warned of the potential for "extreme and life-threatening" blazes.
Northwest of Los Angeles, the Mountain Fire exploded in size and prompted evacuation orders for suburban communities, ranches and agricultural areas near Santa Paula in southern Ventura County. A thick plume of smoke rose hundreds of feet into the sky, blanketing whole neighborhoods and limiting visibility for firefighters and evacuees.
At around 9:15 a.m. the blaze was mapped at just under 250 acres (100 hectares), and by 1:45 p.m. it was more than 35 times larger at over 14 square miles
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1 posted on 11/06/2024 6:44:58 PM PST by BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
“Climate change” is at it again, I see.
2 posted on 11/06/2024 6:47:31 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
To: BenLurkin
Santa Ana winds.
We had them every year I lived there. Usually in October.
3 posted on 11/06/2024 6:51:44 PM PST by DarrellZero
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