More than 3,700 residents have returned to their Malibu homes as weather conditions improved enough to help firefighters battling a Southern California blaze.
More than 3,700 residents were allowed to return to their Malibu homes on Thursday after calmer winds and rising humidity in Southern California helped firefighters battle a blaze that had forced thousands, including college students and celebrities, to evacuate earlier this week.But another 1,600 people with homes in Malibu — a city typically known for its rugged canyons, stunning bluffs and celebrities' seaside mansions — remained under evacuation orders.
Lonnie Vidaurri's four-bedroom home in the Malibu Knolls neighborhood was one of those impacted. He evacuated to a hotel in Santa Monica with his wife and two young daughters.'It's pretty torched all around,' Vidaurri said of his house. He expects that the family's pet bunnies did not survive the fire, and that they lost most of their things. 'My girls cried, obviously, but it could have been worse.
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