Fast Moving Malibu Fire

A wildfire that broke out in southern California Sunday forced evacuations of Malibu Colony and Pepperdine University, authorities said Sunday morning. The blaze has consumed at an estimated 400-acres, Los Angeles County Fire Department reported at 7:45am this morning. Prior official reports estimated the blaze had taken 100 and 50-acres.
Winds are whipping the blaze into a serious threat with about 40 engine companies responding, said Los Angeles County Fire Department reports.

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Folks at Pepperdine University reported smelling smoke as early as midnight last night. Currently Smoke is reported smelled as far away as Topanga.

Malibu colony is a beachfront neighborhood built in the 1930s. The threat today of the densely built stretch of beachfront homes is a grim reminder of last January’s fire along Malibu Road that within a very brief period of time consumed homes and acreage with a ferocious attitude. That fire was beat back by the fire department within a few hours. That fire’s scars are still embedded on the land of the Bluffs Park area.