A raging southern California wildfire that has nearly tripled in size as it threatened nearly 4,000 homes.
Cooler temperatures and higher humidity were helping efforts against
the fire, and firefighters said on Saturday they had contained 30
percent of the blaze, which erupted on Thursday near Malibu, 65km west
of Los Angeles.
Firefighters are hoping light rain forecast for Sunday and heavier
precipitation expected for Monday and Tuesday could help in battling
what authorities are calling the Springs Fire.
The Springs Fire grew to 11,330 hectares from 4,040 hectares on Friday morning.
Aerial operations resumed at daybreak after stopping overnight, the
Ventura County Fire Department (VCFD) said on its Facebook page, adding
that ground crews had continued battling the blaze without interruption.
About 1,900 firefighters had gathered to battle the wind-fanned
flames that have ripped through tinder-dry brush, the VCFD said, a
nearly two-fold increase in personnel from Friday.
The department said the inferno threatened 4,000 homes, but by
Saturday morning, just 15 homes had been damaged and none destroyed.
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