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MALIBU (CNS) – Part of the city of Malibu was dispatched Friday because of an 8,000-acre brush fire driven by 50 to 60 mile-per-hour wind gusts jumped the Ventura 101 Freeway and was threatening to burn to the ocean.
An alert from the city of Malibu was issued about 8 a.m., and advised that "mandatory evacuation (is) in effect for all areas of Freeway, from Ventura County line to Las Virgenes."
About an hour earlier, the city had been reviewed by Malibu.
Residents are advised to use Pacific Coast Highway to evacuate, and to avoid using canyon roads. Some traffic signals have been knocked out, and motorists have been advised to expect delays.
Mandatory evacuations were already in effect in the area of Agoura Hills, Calabasas and Westlake Village.
The American Red Cross is pleased to announce that the nearest evacuation center for Malibu residents was at Palisades High School, 15777 St. Bowdoin, in Pacific Palisades. An evacuation center was also established at Taft High School at 5461 Winnetka Ave. in Woodland Hills.
An evacuation center for animals was opened this morning at Hansen Dam, 11770 Foothill Blvd. in Lake View Terrace, after the evacuation center at Pierce College in Woodland Hills reached capacity. And a large animal evacuation center was established at the Zuma Beach parking lot in Malibu.
Earlier, the California Highway Patrol shut down a four-mile stretch of the 101 Freeway from Las Virgenes Road to Kanan Road.
The Woolsey Fire broke out at 2:25 pm Thursday in Ventura County west of Chatsworth, pushed by strong Santa Ana winds that prevented fire from being ordered in the early morning hours. Lastly, some flights began at 5:30 am as the wind died down within 30 minutes, the wind was picking up again and was expected to be strong until 10 tonight.
More than 75,000 homes in the United States and 8,000 acres, destroying multiple structures and threatening at least 30,000 homes in the two counties, authorities said.
Heavy smoke and strong winds hampered visibility for crews on the fire lines and residents trying to evacuate fire zones.
The University of Calabasas, Montessori of Calabasas, Montessori of Calabasas Too and Muse School, the city of Calabasas announced this morning. Also shut down were the schools of the Conejo Valley School District, headquartered in Thousand Oaks, and the Los Angeles Unified School District's Topanga Elementary School Charter.
About 2:30 am, all evacuation orders in the city of Los Angeles were changed from mandatory to voluntary, according to Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles Fire Department. That affected all the residents of the Ventura (101) Freeway, south of Bell Canyon Road, west of Valley Circle Boulevard and east of the Los Angeles city limit. Evacuation orders in the Hidden Hills area of Los Angeles County were also downgraded to voluntary.
About 1:30 am, all residents of the Ventura Freeway between Westlake Boulevard on the west, Mulholland Highway to the south and Las Virgenes Road to the east were told to leave the area immediately, according to Malibu Search and Rescue. That includes areas of Westlake Village and the unincorporated community of Cornell.
About 12:30 am, all residents in Los Angeles and Ventura counties north of the Ventura (101) Freeway, south of Bell Canyon Road, west of Valley Circle and east of Erbes Road, Kanan Road, west of Lindero Canyon to Erbes Road extending north to Sunset Hills Boulevard were told to evacuate, according to the Ventura County Fire Department. That includes areas of Agoura Hills, Calabasas and Westlake Village, all in L.A. County.
The Los Angeles Police Department has been placed on a citywide tactical alert at 12:45 am to ensure that all resources are available to assist with any evacuation orders and road closures by the Woolsey Fire, according to a statement from the department. The tactical alert was lifted about 7:45 AM
"If you're in an affected area and evacuate, evacuate," the LAPD statement said.
"The wind-whipped conditions … this is ripe conditions for explosive fire behavior," Los Angeles County Fire Captain Erik Scott told NBC4. "This is the new normal." "When we have such conditions, when it's so incredible, we're going to have a lot more challenging conditions."
In Los Angeles County Fire Department NBC4 beat the flames could burn "for days."
By early this morning, there were no reported injuries to civilians or firefighters, according to the Ventura County Fire Department.
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Los Angeles county and city crews were assisting in the firefight, which was taking place as a second, larger windthrow in Ventura County in the Santa Rosa Valley / Thousand Oaks area.
The Orange County Fire Authority feels two strike teams at the firefighters help beat the Woolsey Fire, Capt. Steve Concialdi said.
Thousand Oaks was also the scene of a mass shooting late Wednesday at a nightclub where 11 civilians and a sheriff were sergeant were killed. The gunman also died of self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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