California wildfire prompts evacuations
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May 4, 2013, Saturday
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A wind-driven wildfire raged along the California coast north of Los Angeles early yesterday, threatening some 3,000 homes and prompting evacuations of a university campus and several residential areas.
The so-called Springs Fire, which engulfed several farm buildings and recreational vehicles but so far has destroyed no homes, had consumed more than 3,200 hectares of dry, dense chaparral and brush by late Thursday, fire officials said.
"But it has continued to burn very strongly overnight. We know that that number is low at this point," said Bill Nash, a spokesman for the Ventura County Fire Department.
The blaze erupted on Thursday morning beside the US 101 freeway, less than 16 kilometers inland from the Pacific coast. Fanned by hot, dry Santa Ana winds, it reached the Pacific Coast Highway by evening and was burning south toward Malibu, Nash said.
More than 900 firefighters battled the flames, and officials estimated the fire was 10 percent contained as of late Thursday.
The so-called Springs Fire, which engulfed several farm buildings and recreational vehicles but so far has destroyed no homes, had consumed more than 3,200 hectares of dry, dense chaparral and brush by late Thursday, fire officials said.
"But it has continued to burn very strongly overnight. We know that that number is low at this point," said Bill Nash, a spokesman for the Ventura County Fire Department.
The blaze erupted on Thursday morning beside the US 101 freeway, less than 16 kilometers inland from the Pacific coast. Fanned by hot, dry Santa Ana winds, it reached the Pacific Coast Highway by evening and was burning south toward Malibu, Nash said.
More than 900 firefighters battled the flames, and officials estimated the fire was 10 percent contained as of late Thursday.
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