Latest on California wildfires: –94 buildings, including 40 homes, destroyed in Northern California wine country; 80,000 buildings threatened –Tens of thousands of people ordered to evacuate as fire spreads on west side of Los Angeles
Firefighters try to hose down flames as homes burn in the Getty fire area along Tigertail Road, Monday, Oct. 28, 2019, in Los Angeles.
The fire that broke out last week amid Sonoma County’s vineyards and wineries north of San Francisco grew to at least 103 square miles , destroying 94 buildings, including 40 homes, and threatening 80,000 more structures, authorities said. Nearly 200,000 people were under evacuation orders, mostly from the city of Santa Rosa.
Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James tweeted that he and his family had to evacuate their home in the city’s exclusive Brentwood section. There was no immediate word on its fate. Mount St. Mary’s University evacuated 450 students from its Chalon campus near the Getty Center arts and cultural complex. The Getty was built with special fire protection features, and Los Angeles fire Capt. Erik Scott said it was not threatened.
“I’m pretty mad that we have to keep evacuating,” he said. “I just want to be home. I’m trying to leave here tomorrow; I want to sleep in my bed.”
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