"If you are ready to go, go," Los Angeles County Sheriff Department Chief John Benedict told those in evacuations areas. In all, the Woolsey Fire led authorities to issue evacuation orders for 75,000 homes in Los Angeles and Ventura counties. Video shot from a news helicopter showed cars at a standstill on the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, about 48km west of downtown Los Angeles. No fatalities have been reported in two southern California wildfires. The entire 12,000 population of Malibu, which stretches 43.5km along the Pacific Ocean in Southern California and up into the Santa Monica mountains, has been placed under mandatory evacuation.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 09, 2018 21:33 UTC