A dramatic video recorded in California shows a massive wildfire named the Franklin Fire burning in Malibu.
MALIBU, Calif. – Firefighters in California are continuing a relentless assault against a wildfire known as the Franklin Fire outside Los Angeles late Monday night as residents in the area evacuated for safety.
City officials in Malibu issued mandatory evacuations for residents of Malibu Canyon as the raging blaze began to spread rapidly. By early Tuesday morning, the fire had scorched over 850 acres and was not contained.
This image shows a firefighters working to beat back the flames of the Franklin Fire in Malibu outside Los Angeles.
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The Franklin Fire was burning close to Pepperdine University, which activated its shelter-in-place protocol. In a post on X, the university said all community members on the Malibu campus were being directed to shelter in place in the Tyler Campus Center or Payson Library.
“Despite any evacuation orders from Malibu city or surrounding areas, the university community should follow university instructions,” university officials said on X. “We do not evacuate the campus even when surrounding areas might. This shelter-in-place protocol is approved by LA County Fire and executed with their cooperation.”
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A significant brush fire ignited in Malibu, prompting the L.A. County Fire Department to issue a third alarm and mandatory evacuation orders. Residents are urgently directed to leave the endangered zones as firefighters work tirelessly to contain the rapidly growing blaze, now dubbed the Franklin Fire. (Video Courtesy: RMG News)
According to a report from FOX 11 Los Angeles, members of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, which was assisting in the battle against the Franklin Fire, said deputies were going door-to-door in Malibu and were using loudspeakers to alert residents of the evacuation orders in the area.
Videos from the scene show the massive response by firefighters who have been working to contain and extinguish the blaze. Firefighters can be seen spraying water on the fire while the flames consume the dry vegetation and scorch the landscape.
So far , there haven’t been any reports of injuries or death associated with the fire.