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Reuters: Thousands under evacuation near Los Angeles as wildfire torches homes
Thousands under evacuation near Los Angeles as wildfire torches homes
By David Swanson and Kanishka Singh
November 7, 2024 5:43 PM EST
SANTA PAULA, California, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Over ten thousand people were ordered to evacuate communities northwest of Los Angeles as fierce seasonal winds drove a wildfire down tinder-dry hillsides into ranches and homes, authorities said.
Firefighters and police cleared residents from neighborhoods near Camarillo before homes were set ablaze by embers blown two miles (3.2 km) from the fire front, Ventura County fire department Captain Tony McHale said by phone from near the blaze.
"It's like trying to put out a blowtorch with a squirt gun," said McHale of the fire which began in a hillside canyon on Wednesday then tore west, driven by Santa Ana winds.
Fueled by abundant grass and scrub, with wind gusts up to 80 mph (130 kph), the blaze has burned over 14,500 acres (5,900 hectares), authorities said.
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By David Swanson and Kanishka Singh
November 7, 2024 5:43 PM EST
SANTA PAULA, California, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Over ten thousand people were ordered to evacuate communities northwest of Los Angeles as fierce seasonal winds drove a wildfire down tinder-dry hillsides into ranches and homes, authorities said.
Firefighters and police cleared residents from neighborhoods near Camarillo before homes were set ablaze by embers blown two miles (3.2 km) from the fire front, Ventura County fire department Captain Tony McHale said by phone from near the blaze.
"It's like trying to put out a blowtorch with a squirt gun," said McHale of the fire which began in a hillside canyon on Wednesday then tore west, driven by Santa Ana winds.
Fueled by abundant grass and scrub, with wind gusts up to 80 mph (130 kph), the blaze has burned over 14,500 acres (5,900 hectares), authorities said.
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