Update on wildfires as 1000s evacuated, fires destroy 35 homes

Описание: (25 Nov 2007)
1. Tilt-down from mountain obscured by smoke to remains of burned out house
2. Mid of remains of burned out house
3. Close-up of small fire still burning amid remains of house
4. Wide of burning rubble with still intact plant in foreground
5. Close-up of fire still burning
6. Mid of fire trucks on scene
7. Mid of fireman hosing fire, pan right to rubble
8. Wide of firemen walking past burnt out car
9. Various of burned out car
10. Pan left of firemen putting out rest of fire in burned out house
11. Mid of fireman hosing fire
12. Set-up of Malibu homeowner Glen Sunyich pointing to what's left of house
13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Glen Sunyich, Malibu homeowner:
"In one way I was kind of flipped for it, laughs, if you can be but I honestly I thought the house was safe. I did not think we would lose it... Like that."
14. Various of fireman using hose through window
15. Mid of two firemen putting fire out
16. Mid of man on mobile phone at gas station, pan right to Malibu resident Beverly Taki on mobile phone
17. SOUNDBITE: (English) Beverly Taki, Malibu resident:
"About 5:00 am (1300 GMT) when I saw red flames, I went down, I got my computer and the minute I got my computer the electricity went off and then the police were coming around about 5:00 am (1300 GMT) - 5:15 (1315 GMT) and I left by 5:30 (1330 GMT)."
18. SOUNDBITE: (English) Leo Cullum, Malibu resident:
"Well, we don't know at this point. My phone rings at home and goes to the answering machine if that's any sign. I don't know if it is or not. But we're just waiting and watching. Hoping for the best."
19. Wide of fireman talking with reporters
20. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dennis Cross, Los Angeles County Fireman:
"Ten engine strike teams, fifteen crew strike teams, aircraft. That stuff was positioned, pre-positioned close by so when this fire broke out it was able to get here in a timely manner. Unfortunately, a wind driven fire - it doesn't matter the amount of resources in the area or on the ground. This fire, the winds are going to blow it down canyon and it's going to follow the path of the land until the wind's subside and we can get in there and get a handle on it."
21. Pan right of burned out home
22. Mid of burned out home
23. Various of burning material
STORYLINE:
A fast-moving wildfire pushed by Santa Ana winds raced through the canyons and mountains of this wealthy Southern California enclave for the second time in little more than a month on Saturday, destroying more than 30 homes and forcing as many as 14,000 residents to flee, officials said.
The fire erupted shortly before 3:30 a.m. (1130 GMT) after the long-predicted Santa Anas finally returned, and it quickly grew before the winds died down.
By mid-afternoon it was estimated at 4,500 acres (1,821 hectares), with 25 percent containment.
An estimated 35 homes were destroyed, and 10,000 to 14,000 people evacuated, Los Angeles County Fire officials said.
"I honestly I thought the house was safe. I did not think we would lose it... Like that," said Glen Sunyich, a Malibu homeowner whose house was destroyed.
Beverly Taki, another Malibu resident, said she escaped after seeing red flames and managing to save her computer.
"About 5:00 am (1300 GMT) when I saw red flames, I went down, I got my computer and the minute I got my computer the electricity went off and then the police were coming around about 5:00 am (1300 GMT) - 5:15 (1315 GMT) and I left by 5:30 (1330 GMT)," she said.
Fifteen helicopters and 15 airplanes, including a retardant-dropping DC-10 jumbo jet, attacked from the air while 1,700 firemen battled flames on the ground.

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