Officials in Southern California reported significant overnight growth of a wind-driven wildfire that has forced thousands of people, including celebrities like Cher and Dick Van Dyke, from their homes in Malibu, but forecasters said firefighters would get a break from improving weather conditions.
With much of the coastal city under evacuation orders and warnings, residents waited anxiously to see whether their properties had been spared by the fire, which erupted late Monday and grew to more than six square miles by Wednesday morning. It was just seven per cent contained.The information you need to know, sent directly to you: Download the CTV News App
"We're far better off this morning than we were in the last 30-plus hours," Malibu Mayor Doug Stewart said at a Wednesday news conference.Even as the weather was expected to improve, forecasters said gusty winds will continue through Wednesday morning, especially in the mountains, and critical fire conditions remain. Santa Anas are notorious seasonal winds are withering, dry gusts that sweep out of the interior toward the coast, pushing back moist ocean breezes.
It isn't known how the blaze started. Marrone said seven structures had been destroyed and nine others had been damaged. The fire erupted shortly before 11 p.m. Monday and swiftly moved south, jumping over the famous Pacific Coast Highway and extending all the way to the ocean, where large homes line the beach and rugged inland canyons are notoriously fire-prone. At one point, flames threatened the historic Malibu Pier, but the structure was protected, officials said.
"I refer to those residents as the heart of Malibu," she said. "They're just normal families -- nobody's landing a helicopter on their property."Dazio reported from Los Angeles. Associated Press journalists Christopher Weber in Los Angeles; Amy Taxin in Orange County, California; Gabriela Aoun in San Diego; and Kathy McCormack in Concord, New Hampshire; contributed to this report.The Shopping Trends team is independent of the journalists at CTV News.
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