Thousands of people are worried about the fate of their homes in the Calabasas area after a fire has forced over 5,000 people to evacuate the area.
According to CNN, the cause of the massive fire was due to a pickup truck that had apparently hit a power pole on Mulholland Highway around 4:15pm yesterday.
“Witnesses reported that the truck was traveling at a high rate of speed before colliding into a power pole, causing the pole to fall and a transformer to explode, thus igniting the Calabasas fire,” Deputy Jeffrey A. Gordon said.
What makes it worse is that temperatures have been in well into the 90s these past few days making it even harder to put out the flames. As of right now the damage reported is about 516 acres which includes two homes but as of this morning authorities say the inferno has been about 75% contained.
The fire is on the slope of a canyon, “which makes it very dangerous for us to do a direct attack,” Los Angeles County Deputy Fire Chief John Tripp said. “The fire is not on the road, it is halfway up the side of a mountain. That’s why we can’t let people back in their homes.”
Calabasas is known to be home to many celebrities including the Jenner/Kardashian clan, Ellen Degeneres, Toni Braxton and more.
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While some of the evacuations have been lifted the Topanga Canyon is still under watch. Lets chat below!
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Source:http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/05/us/calabasas-fire/index.html?eref=rss_topstories
