From the high desert to the Pacific Ocean, out-of-control wildfires continued to engulf swaths of drought-parched Southern California on Monday, having already claimed one life, destroyed several homes and a church in Malibu and forced an entire community to evacuate.Thousands more homes remained at risk as hot, dry Santa Ana desert winds continued to churn into the region.
Firefighters started the weekend on high alert as forecasters warned of strong winds. But by Sunday night, they had to admit they were overwhelmed.
“You do not expect something to stretch our resources to this magnitude,” said Los Angeles County Fire Insp. Sam Padilla. “To try and staff something this big, you cannot predict it.”
The Malibu fire was among about a dozen blazes that burned more than 14,000 hectares from north of Santa Barbara to San Diego. Late Sunday, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency in seven Southern California counties.
Things weren’t improving Monday: Two new wildfires broke out in San Diego county, bringing to four the number of blazes burning there.
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