Fires in California: latest updates on camp fires, Woolsey Fire, including deaths, evacuations and map, as fires spread across Califorina near Paradise, Malibu, valley

Woolsey Fire 78% content

The fire containment of Woolsey climbed to 78% at 21:40. AND. Hundreds of frustrated residents of Malibu did not know if they could return to their communities, reports CBS Los Angeles.

Several residents told CBS Los Angeles Thursday night that there was confusion about reopening their neighborhoods. Some said that they had initially returned home after the evacuation orders were lifted, and then they went shopping, but that they came back to find closures. hard roads on site.

"It's pretty frustrating not to have told us that there was going to be a difficult closure, and we shuttled all day," said one man. "And suddenly, they just, slammed, I even left something on fire."

"I probably have to find one of the smaller hotels, but there is none, so I will probably have to sleep in my vehicle," said another man.

"We had no warning, I left my house totally exposed," said one woman.

The L.A County Emergency Management Office explained in a press release Friday that severe damage to the infrastructure had prevented them from repopulating certain areas.

"With electricity and telephone poles burned, gas lines damaged and roads destroyed, several agencies must work together to inspect the affected areas and determine overall safety," the emergency management office wrote.

The emergency management office noted that several communities will have to be "completely rebuilt".

"We are dealing with power outages, gas leaks, water line problems, we are dealing with fallen utility poles and fallen trees," Captain Darren told reporters. Harris, Sheriff of the county.