Growing Malibu Wildfire Rages For Second Day [VIDEO]

Los Angeles’s ABC affiliate reports:

Firefighters are battling a brush fire in Malibu near Pepperdine University, prompting evacuations amid dangerous fire conditions due to strong Santa Ana winds.

The Franklin Fire was reported just before 11 p.m. Monday in the area of Malibu Canyon Road north of Pacific Coast Highway. It started at just about 10 acres but has since grown to more than 3,800 acres as Wednesday morning.

Pepperdine canceled classes and finals for the day and there was a shelter-in-place order as flames could be seen from the campus. Fire officials said the evacuation order area encompassed about 6,000 people and more than 2,000 structures. The evacuation warning area covered 12,500 people and more than 6,000 structures.

Read the full article. Last night it was reported that celebrities including Cher and Dick Van Dyke have fled their homes.