Getty ImagesĪpproximately 3,500 students sheltered-in-place overnight at Pepperdine University, and remained there for two days. AFP/Getty Images Flames overtake the Reagan Ranch, once owned by President Ronald Reagan, at Malibu Creek State Park on November 9.
LA Times via Getty Images Scorched hillsides and damaged power lines are seen along the Pacific Coast Highway near Leo Carrillo State Beach on November 10. ) Llamas tied to a lifeguard stand on the beach Friday in Malibu on November 9. ( Historic adobe, Paramount Ranch burn in Malibu fire. Officials with the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area reported around noon that Western Town at Paramount Ranch, where Westworld was filmed, had burned (though the church is still standing). Parking lots at Zuma Beach were turned into evacuation zones for llamas and other large animals striking photos show horses on the sand, smoke billowing over the ocean behind them. Residents used the iconic Pacific Coast Highway to flee toward Santa Monica.
The blaze quickly wreaked havoc on the Santa Monica Mountains, as well as the residential neighborhoods of Malibu West, Point Dume, Zuma Canyon, and Malibou Lake.Īs it ripped south toward the ocean, it created apocalyptic scenes. November 9, the city of Malibu issued a citywide mandatory evacuation order, then released a statement two hours later, saying the “fire is now burning out of control and heading into populated areas of Malibu.” Residents were told to evacuate immediately.
( Woolsey Fire map: See where the wildfire is burning in Ventura, Los Angeles ) The Woolsey fire burns homes in Malibu on November 9. Los Angeles County Chief Deputy David Richardson said the fire’s front was 14 miles wide as it crested the hills at Liberty Canyon Road, wide enough that it blew over the Malibu Canyon Road and Decker Road corridors simultaneously. “There were people on the freeway doing U-turns and driving back the way they came from, in darkness with smoke all the way around them. “The fire was burning like a torch or flame thrower across the freeway,” KTLA’s Eric Spillman reported. AFP/Getty Imagesĭriven by powerful Santa Ana winds, the Woolsey Fire blew south from Ventura County over the 101 freeway into Los Angeles shortly before dawn on November 9, unleashing a barrage of flames on Malibu. A firefighter puts out burning embers at the Malibu RV Park along Pacific Coast Highway on November 10.
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The size of the fire-more than 150 square miles, according to Osby-is astounding.įirefighters, who endured erratic wind and steep terrain, expect to get to full containment by Thursday. Los Angeles County Sheriff Jim McDonnell, who surveyed the area by air, called the devastation “heartbreaking.” In his three-decade career, Los Angeles County Fire Chief Daryl Osby said he’s only witnessed devastation on this scale in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. In the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, 88 percent of all National Park Service land has burned. An additional fire-related death is under investigation. Two people, who officials believe were trying to flee flames in Malibu, have died. One of the largest and most destructive in LA history, the Woolsey Fire has torched 96,949 acres and destroyed an astonishing 1,500 homes and buildings across two counties, from the Valley to beaches, including 443 in Malibu city limits. Forced out of their neighborhoods for more than a week because of a wind-driven wildfire that raced across the canyons, devouring hundreds of buildings in its path, residents are finally being allowed to return to Malibu.Įvacuation orders continued to lift over the weekend, but the homecoming will be bittersweet, as hundreds will find their residences reduced to rubble.
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