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Wildfire in Santa Monica Mountains Recreation Area, California
Wildfire January 8, 2007 · Santa Monica Mountains Recreation Area, California
What the National Weather Service wrote
The Malibu Wildfire burned 20 acres in the Malibu wildland-urban interface. The combination of strong northerly winds and very low relative humidity helped fuel the man-caused fire. Although the fire was only 20 acres, it destroyed 5 homes and severly damaged 6 homes in the Malibu area, inlcuding a home owned by Suzanne Somers. Including fire suppression activities and property damage, this small wildfire cost around $60 million.
The wider storm
On January 8th, the very damaging Malibu Wildfire burned 20 acres in the wildland-urban interface of the community of Malibu. The combination of gusty offshore winds and very low relative humidity helped to fuel the fire. Several homes were destroyed and/or severly damaged.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 10222. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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