Brush Fire Burns Just Off Pacific Coast Highway Amid Windy Conditions

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6 November 2024 at 4:05 pm

Firefighters worked to battle a blaze that broke out near the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, California, amid windy conditions, on Wednesday, November 6.

The LA County Fire Department said crews have held the fire, dubbed the Broad Fire, at 50 acres with 15 percent containment.

Malibu city officials said three structures have been damaged.

Footage released by the National Weather Service in Los Angeles shows smoke from the fire as seen from a location close to Pepperdine University. Credit: NWS Los Angeles via Storyful

Video transcript

This is the intersection of, um, Pacific Coast Highway in Las Virginia Canyon Road and we saw this virus about 20 minutes ago.

It seemed like that's when it started and it's burning over the bluff and it's um, heading towards the homes.

The beach house is on Malibu Road below the bluff.

This is Malibu Bluff Park.

The traffic on PC is moving lot of these in the southerly direction, not be open in, uh, going in the north direction, but the fight was really, um, ramped up and spread.

The wind is just hollowing.

It's gotta be a big mess out on the road with the fire engines and stuff trying to protect the homes down below.

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