Authorities evacuated the entire city of Calabasas, which is home to Kim (left), Khloe (right), and Kourtney Kardashian (third from right), Sunday evening as the Woolsey Fire continued to devastate communities
Authorities evacuated the entire city of Calabasas, which is home to Kim, Khloe, and Kourtney Kardashian, Sunday evening as the Woolsey Fire continued to devastate communities.
Calabasas City Manager Gary Lysik said in a statement: ‘For your safety, and the safety of your family, please collect necessary personal items and evacuate the City as quickly as possible, and please follow instructions by Law Enforcement.’
Lysik also encouraged residents of the area to monitor the city’s website for updates.
Earlier in the day, the Calabasas city order only applied to Parkway Calabasas, including The Oaks, Vista Point, Westridge, Calabasas Hills, and Calabasas Park Estates.
By 8 pm Sunday night, the entire city was under mandatory evacuation.
Other celebrities in California lost their homes in the fire, including actor Gerard Butler and Camille Grammer Meyer of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.
April Love Geary, Robin Thicke’s girlfriend, revealed on Sunday that their $2.4million mansion had burned to the ground.
Kourtney’s neighborhood was saved by Phos-Chek, a flame retardant material that aids in stopping or slowing down the fire.
Kourtney’s neighborhood was saved by Phos-Chek, a flame retardant material that aids in stopping or slowing down the fire. Pictured is the reality star’s home
Santa Ana winds, produced by surface high pressure over the Great Basin squeezing air down through canyons and passes in Southern California’s mountain ranges, are common in the fall and have a long history of fanning destructive wildfires in the region.
But fire officials say fire behavior has changed statewide after years of drought and record summer heat that have left vegetation extremely crisp and dry.
‘Things are not the way they were 10 years ago…the rate of spread is exponentially more than it used to be,’ said Lorenzen, urging residents to not put their lives at risk by trying to defend their own homes instead of evacuating.
That change has impacted the ability to move firefighting resources around the state, officials said.
‘Typically this time of year when we get fires in Southern California we can rely upon our mutual aid partners in Northern California to come to assist us because this time of year they’ve already had significant rainfall or even snow,’ said Osby, the LA County fire chief.
With the devastation and loss of life in the Northern California fire, ‘it’s evident from that situation statewide that we’re in climate change and it’s going to be here for the foreseeable future,’ he said.
Airplanes and helicopters (pictured) swooped low over hills and canyons to drop loads of fire retardant and water
The Global SuperTanker, a Boeing 747 modified for fire suppression drops, arrived in Sacramento on Friday to fight the Camp Fire.
Residents in the area spotted the massive plane releasing flame retardant on a wildfire outside of Concow.
‘My dad took this video today from outside of Concow (Flea Mountain) while working on getting gates open for emergency personnel. What a sight to see. Thank you to all the heroes…,’ Bree Hawkins wrote in the caption of a video shared on Facebook.
The privately-owned SuperTanker has flown at least five sorties over the Camp Fire since Friday, according to flight records.
The SuperTanker has almost twice the capacity of the next largest aerial tanker. It can deliver 19,200 gallons in one drop or segmented drops and has a top speed of 600mph.
The tanker system is approved for retardant, gel, foam, and water drops or the combination of any two of these agents.
Ground servicing for another sortie takes approximately 30-35 minutes.
The SuperTanker’s fire suppression sortie over the Camp Fire on Saturday is seen in the tracking map above
Mandatory evacuation orders remain in effect in the areas of the fire in Los Angeles County while neighboring Ventura County expects to lift some evacuations Sunday night. More than 170,000 people have been evacuated from the area.
The Santa Ana winds fueled the fires and pushed them toward Malibu, right in the paths of dozens of stars’ mansions.
Actor Gerard Butler and Camille Grammer Meyer of ‘The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills were among those whose homes were damaged or destroyed.
April Love Geary, Robin Thicke’s girlfriend, revealed on Sunday that their $2.4million mansion had burned to the ground.
The 41-year-old singer said on Instagram that he, his girlfriend, and his two children are safe.
Authorities evacuated the entire city of Calabasas, which is home to Khloe and Kourtney Kardashian, Sunday evening as the Woolsey Fire continued to devastate communities.
Calabasas City Manager Gary Lysik said in a statement: ‘For your safety, and the safety of your family, please collect necessary personal items and evacuate the City as quickly as possible, and please follow instructions by Law Enforcement.’
Lysik also encouraged residents of the area to monitor the city’s website for updates.
As of Sunday evening, 29 people were found dead in Northern California’s Camp Fire and two were killed in Southern California’s Woolsey Fire.
The Camp Fire has already burned through 109,000 acres and destroyed 6,713 buildings – most of the homes. As of Sunday morning, it was 25 percent contained.
As many fled to safety from the terrifying Camp Fire in Northern California, Matt Armbruster (pictured) stayed behind and waited for the fire out
As many fled to safety from the terrifying Camp Fire in Northern California, one man stayed behind and waited for the fire out.
Matt Armbruster refused to listen to officials who ordered evacuations after the blaze broke out last week.
Armbruster and his dog managed to survive the inferno by hiding in a nearby creek, once he realized the fire was making its way toward his home.
For nearly two hours, Armbruster stayed in the creek as the fire burned around him.
Armbruster told CBS that he thought ‘for sure’ he was going to die.
Luckily for him, he survived and so did his home.
Armbruster and his dog managed to survive the inferno by hiding in a nearby creek (pictured), once he realized the fire was making its way toward his home
Firefighters battle a blaze at the Salvation Army Camp on Saturday in Malibu, California
The Woolsey has spread to 83,275 acres and was 5 percent contained as of Saturday night