Large parts of Calfornia are under a red flag warning today, meaning the high wind make conditions ripe for wildfires. This morning a new fire was spotted dangerously close to the Reagan library (watch above). The library and the neighborhood surrounding it have been evacuated. The Los Angeles Times reports:
A large brush fire erupted in Simi Valley early Wednesday and was quickly burning toward neighborhoods, triggering mandatory evacuations amid strong Santa Ana winds.
The Easy fire — burning along Tierra Rejada Road — started near the 118 Freeway and Madera Road shortly after 6 a.m. About 250 acres burned in the first hour, said Ventura County Fire Capt. Brian McGrath.
#EasyFire is approx 200 acres and moving to the west being pushed by the Santa Winds. Mandatory evacs posted on https://t.co/7Y5goEusNH @VCFD @CountyVentura @SimiValleyPD pic.twitter.com/dv74I8nO7L
— VCFD PIO (@VCFD_PIO) October 30, 2019
Also in the Los Angeles area, the so-called Getty fire continues to spread. CBS Los Angeles writes:
Crews continued Wednesday to battle the 658-acre Getty Fire which broke out early Monday morning in the Sepulveda Pass, west of the 405 Freeway near the Getty Center museum. Thousands of people remain under mandatory evacuation orders.
And in Northern California, the ABC affiliate in San Francisco reports:
The Kincade Fire has scorched 76,825 acres and is only 30 percent contained as it continues its destructive path across Sonoma County.
California is still battling massive wildfires that have displaced thousands of people:
▪️ 140K people evacuated by #GettyFire and #KincadeFire
▪️ 21M people in extreme fire danger, says NWS
▪️ 43 of 58 counties experiencing "near-historic wind events" pic.twitter.com/7oM0p62PU3
— AJ+ (@ajplus) October 30, 2019
California wildfire evacuation map: Kincade, Getty Fires force more than 150,000 residents from homes https://t.co/Dy6EzwWDNM
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) October 30, 2019