A fast-moving wildfire broke out Monday night in Malibu, forcing evacuations along the coastline north of Los Angeles.
As of midnight Pacific time, the Franklin fire had burned about 100 acres, the Los Angeles County Fire Department said. The fire is burning a few miles from Pepperdine University, which issued a shelter-in-place order around 1 a.m. Monday.
The National Weather Service issued red flag warnings this week for Ventura and Los Angeles counties, with particularly strong winds expected Monday night into Tuesday. In the windiest locations, likely including Ventura and San Diego counties, isolated gusts are expected to exceed 80 miles per hour in the mountains.
Peak wildfire season is still in full swing in Southern California. Weather officials said the conditions are similar to those of early November, when dangerous winds belted Ventura County and fueled the Mountain fire, a nearly 20,000-acre inferno that damaged 243 structures, including homes.
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