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Another fire broke out this morning near the Getty Center in Bel Air and quickly grew to more than 50 acres. Several homes have burned. In 1961, a huge two-day fire in Bel Air destroyed nearly 500 homes. Many belonged to celebrities such as Burt Lancaster, Zsa Zsa Gabor and Fred MacMurray.
The Thomas Fire has burned more than 55,000 acres and has reached the Pacific Ocean. The Creek Fire and Rye Fire are still burning. The San Bernardino fire is mostly out, except for a few "hot spots."
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The fire in Bel Air is being called the Skirball Fire, after the nearby Skirball Museum and Skirball Cultural Center, named for philanthropists Jack and Audrey Skirball. The fire has now burned more than 150 acres and destroyed six homes. Five hundred firefighters are battling the blaze. Thankfully the high winds of the past two days have died down.
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The news gets worserer and worserer. The Thomas Fire continues to rage out of control. It has burned 65,000 acres and is threatening 100,000 homes. The Rye Fire has burned 7,000 acres so far. The Creek Fire has now burned 11,400 acres and has destroyed 30 homes. The owners of Rancho Padilla, a ranch that boards horses, were unable to get all the horses evacuated before the fire swept in. They rescued 31 horses but 29 perished in the fire. Very sad.
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The Creek Fire has now burned 14,000 acres. The Bel Air fire has burned 475 acres and is only 5% contained. High winds are expected again tonight.
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The Thomas Fire in Ventura County continues to rage out of control. It has burned a 20-mile stretch of mountains from Santa Paula to the Pacific Ocean -- 90,000 acres so far. That is 140 square miles. More than 150 homes have been destroyed and thousands more are threatened. Tonight the fire is moving west toward the town of Fillmore and the 30-mile-an-hour winds are back. Yikes!
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Each of the four huge fires is now 5% contained. The Thomas Fire is contained only on the southeast flank near Santa Paula. It is threatening the coastal communities in Ojai and Santa Barbara. This morning, two more fires broke out -- in Malibu and Ontario.
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Two more wildfires have broken out in southern California. One, called the Liberty Fire, has burned more than 300 acres near Murrieta in Riverside County. Another, called the Lilac Fire, has burned more than 3,000 acres and destroyed 20 homes and buildings near Bonsall in San Diego County. The fire is threatening Vista and Oceanside. The Ventura County fire is still just 5% contained and has burned 96,000 acres. It is moving northward up the coast.
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I just became a fan of Johnny Hekker.
Rams punter Johnny Hekker delivers supplies to Ventura County shelter
Los Angeles Times, Dec 6 2017 4:25 PM
Rams punter Johnny Hekker woke up Tuesday, saw the devastation caused by the Thomas fire in Ventura County and wanted to help. He and his wife Makayla spent part of the day at a Target store in Newbury Park buying supplies to deliver to a shelter at the Ventura County fairgrounds. They spent about 45 minutes at the shelter unloading sweatpants, sweatshirts, socks, diapers, toys and some sports equipment before shaking hands with volunteers and meeting with displaced residents. "These people support us throughout the season and are big fans of us," Hekker said. "If we can do anything to give back to them in this crisis, then that’s what we’re here for."
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-...206-story.html
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The Lilac Fire north of Oceanside is moving westward and has now burned 3,600 acres. Several horses died because they refused to leave their stables as flames approached. Very sad.
http://www.cbs8.com/story/37021253/h...ing-lilac-fire
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I have family in Oceanside and they were told to be ready to evacuate at any time. They put extra clothes and all their important papers and photos in their car and now they're just waiting. A lot of their neighbors have already left.
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The Murrieta fire has burned 300 acres and destroyed one home and one building and is only 10% contained. The Ventura County fire is threatening the town of Fillmore and outlying areas have been evacuated.
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Channel 9 said that most of the people who had to evacuate from the Creek Fire are being allowed to return home tonight. The smoke is still pretty bad here but not as bad as the last two days. The fire is moving northeast, the opposite direction from where I live.
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11 AM update.
Thomas Fire: 132,000 acres burned, 439 homes and buildings destroyed, 10% contained. Creek Fire: 15,300 acres, 63 homes destroyed, 40% contained. Rye Fire: 7,000 acres, 25% contained. Lilac Fire: 4,100 acres, several mobile homes and a shopping center destroyed. Bel Air fire: 475 acres, 30% contained. Murrieta fire: 300 acres, 60% contained.
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12 PM update: 20-to-30-mile-an-hour winds are pushing the Thomas Fire toward Santa Barbara. Fifteen thousand homes are threatened and parts of Carpinteria are under mandatory evacuation.
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My family in Oceanside is okay. The fire moved west of them and they didn't have to evacuate. But they're really upset because it was windy and the power company shut off the electricity in their whole neighborhood because they were afraid the lines would snap and start more fires.
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6 PM update.
The Thomas Fire has now burned 143,000 acres and is only 10% contained. The Lilac Fire has burned 85 homes and buildings and is moving toward Oceanside, Fallbrook and Camp Pendleton.
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High winds overnight have pushed the Ventura County fire to 173,000 acres -- 242 square miles. It is only 15% contained and is moving toward Carpenteria and Montecito. The Lilac Fire is holding steady at 4,100 acres and is 50% contained. Another brush fire broke out north of Monrovia and has burned five acres.
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The Thomas Fire has now burned 230,000 acres and is only 10% contained. Thousands of homes in Santa Barbara, Montecito and Carpinteria are under mandatory evacuation.
The Creek Fire has burned 15,000 acres and destroyed 60 homes but it is now 95% contained.
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The Thomas fire is now the fifth largest fire in known California history. It has burned 232,000 acres and is only 20% contained. It has destroyed 796 homes and buildings and damaged 191 and is threatening 18,000 more.
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The Ventura County fire has now burned 242,500 acres and is only 30% contained. The news just keeps getting worserer and worserer.
The Thomas fire is now the fourth largest in California wildfire history
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/l...214-story.html
State firefighter killed while fighting Southern California fire
http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-...189808829.html