Fast-moving wildfire destroys homes as strong winds hit southern California

A fast-moving wildfire erupted in Los Angeles county on Tuesday, quickly consuming nearly 3,000 acres and destroying homes in an affluent community along the Pacific Ocean. Whipped by unusually strong winds, the fire prompted frenzied evacuations through winding roads in the Pacific Palisades, an area north of Santa Monica, with residents fleeing on foot as flames approached. map showing Los Angeles county, highlighting Pacific Palisades and Santa Monica A “life-threatening” windstorm is impacting a large swath of southern California, fanning the destructive fire and complicating early containment efforts. The region could be seeing the strongest winds in more than a

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