California
Southern California fire destroys mansions
A wildfire that erupted Wednesday afternoon in coastal Southern California raced by coastal bluffs of multimillion-dollar mansions, burning a minimum of 20 houses, fireplace officers mentioned. The flames have been fanned by gusty ocean winds however they have been dying down Wednesday evening. No accidents have been reported however a number of streets have been ordered evacuated. The fireplace, which occurred in Laguna Niguel, was comparatively small at about 200 acres (81 hectares) however the wind drove embers into palm timber, attics and dense, dry brush on slopes and steep canyons that hadn’t burned for many years, Brian Fennessy, chief of the Orange County Fireplace Authority, mentioned at a night information convention. Fennessy mentioned local weather change has made even small fires that when would have been simply contained into excessive threats to life and property all through the West.