Approximately 5,000 residents in the tony communities of Calabasas and Topanga Canyon were forced to evacuate their homes Saturday as firefighters battled a blaze that had damaged three buildings and consumed more than 500 acres by Sunday morning.
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Helicopters and fire crews on the ground combined to beat a brush fire overnight and into early Sunday morning in the wealthy coastal community of Pacific Palisades.
A fast-moving wildfire in Lake and Napa counties in Northern California has destroyed hundreds of homes as the blaze spread to consume more than 60,000 acres by Monday morning.
Heavy, wind-blown smoke from the raging Northern California wildfire was so thick this weekend that San Francisco’s 911 dispatch was inundated with phone calls from complaining residents living several miles away, prompting authorities to ask the public, via social media, not to call the police unless they see a fire.
A massive wildfire in Northern California called the Rocky Fire has scorched 60,000 acres and threatened thousands of structures as firefighters struggle to contain the fast-moving blaze.
Authorities say a fast-moving wildfire that swept across a Southern California freeway has destroyed 20 vehicles and burned five homes while threatening dozens of other structures.
According to the Associated Press, several air tankers dropping fire retardant on the blaze Wednesday evening were forced to land after one of the pilots spotted a drone flying in the area.
Hundreds of firefighters on Wednesday were struggling to contain a massive blaze that had broken out last week near the Alpine County town of Markleeville, California, just southeast of Lake Tahoe.
