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Firefighters battled a brushfire early Tuesday in Malibu, California, near Pepperdine University, leading to evacuations in the area. Pepperdine University canceled classes and finals for the day and there was a shelter-in-place order. Flames could be seen from the campus, the Associated Press reported, citing a university statement.
Firefighters battled a brushfire early Tuesday in Malibu, California, near Pepperdine University, which led to evacuations in the area. (KTTV-TV Los Angeles) The AP reported power to tens of thousands of people had been shut off by Monday night as utilities worked to mitigate the impacts of Southern California’s notorious Santa Ana winds , whose strong gusts could damage electrical equipment and spark wildfires. It's unknown how the blaze, named the Franklin Fire, started, but Los Angeles County Fire Department officials estimated that at least 2.
8 square miles had burned, the AP noted. The fire broke out as parts of Los Angeles County were under a red flag warning through 2 p.m.
, Tuesday, December 10. The red flag warnings were issued for the San Gabriel Mountains, Santa Monica Mountains, Santa Clarita Valley, Western San Fernando Valley, Calabasas, the Antelope Valley (14) Freeway corridor and the Malibu coast as the Santa Ana winds tore into Southern California. The Weather Service issued a red flag warning for high fire risk with a rare "particularly dangerous situation," or PDS, designation starting at 8 p.
m. Monday into Tuesday for Los Angeles and Ventura counties. The Los Angeles County Fire Department issued a mandatory evacuation order for residents living east of Malibu Canyon Road and South of Piuma Road, FOX 11 Los Angeles reported.
RELATED: 'Franklin Fire' breaks out in Malibu near Pepperdine; Evacuations in place, PCH closed FOX 11 spoke with Pepperdine University students sheltering inside one of the libraries. Gabrielle Salgado told FOX 11 that students were inside a fire-resistant campus library wearing masks as they watched the fire spreading through the building's windows. A large brushfire occurred early Tuesday in Malibu, California, near Pepperdine University leading to shelter-in-place orders and evacuations.
(KTTV-TV Los Angeles) The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, who is helping firefighters at the scene, said its deputies went door to door in Malibu and used loudspeakers to alert residents they were being evacuated late Monday night. Around 1 a.m.
, the fire started to creep towards nearby areas. As of 1 a.m.
on Tuesday, officials did not give an estimate of damage caused by the fire. Information for this story was provided by the Associated Press and FOX 11 Los Angeles. This story was reported from Washington, D.
C..
