A major fire erupted overnight in Santa Paula, California, with reports of one dead, 150 homes lost and thousands under a mandatory evacuation order:
A deadly wildfire is exploding across Southern California. Thousands of homes have been evacuated and containment is at 0%. At least one person has died. https://t.co/yhKxngzG0y pic.twitter.com/A51aIIAWyU
— CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning) December 5, 2017
Hawaiian Village apartment complex engulfed in flames. #ThomasFire pic.twitter.com/IyCfmFLynO
— Marcus Yam 火 (@yamphoto) December 5, 2017
Breaking RT @ABC7: #LIVE: Homes burning in area of Mesa Circle and High Point Drive in #Ventura https://t.co/5ufUIrkh26 #ThomasFire pic.twitter.com/72Z4KeR2YY
— Kajon Cermak (@KajonCermak) December 5, 2017
RT @ABC7: #Evacuation orders, #roadclosures for #ThomasFire in #VenturaCounty https://t.co/fg14215RiN pic.twitter.com/p0dk8e4cmR
— Kajon Cermak (@KajonCermak) December 5, 2017
The Ventura Fire Department is expecting conditions in the area to get worse:
#ThomasFire – incident commander reporting winds are increasing, expect fire behavior to increase over the entire incident. #VCFD
— VCFD PIO (@VCFD_PIO) December 5, 2017
Current conditions near #THOMASFIRE are just trecherous – relative humidity in the teens and winds gusting near 45 mph. Isolated gusts in the mtns reported near 70 mph. Special edition of #CBSLA on now @SharonTay888 @JeffMichaelNews @StephatCBS2 pic.twitter.com/oIFAIF72V5
— Danielle Gersh (@DanielleGersh) December 5, 2017
A reported 31,000 acres are ablaze:
UPDATE: #ThomasFire is currently 31,000 acres with 150 structures destroyed. 1 firefighter injury. 27,000 people evacuated. #VCFD @VCFD
— VCFD PIO (@VCFD_PIO) December 5, 2017
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LATEST: 25,000+ acres burning in fast-moving Southern California wildfire that has caused at least 1 death and forced thousands to flee their homes, authorities in Ventura County say. https://t.co/kwV491Bri6 pic.twitter.com/AfEboqHBQ9
— World News Tonight (@ABCWorldNews) December 5, 2017
Nearly 8,000 homes evacuated due to wildfire in Southern California https://t.co/S7wvlUha7T pic.twitter.com/InbHel1XP5
— Sun Nation/World (@baltsunworld) December 5, 2017
There were earlier reports of massive power outages in the area, but it looks like that’s been taken care of:
Southern California Edison #ThomasFire Update:
As of 2:55 a.m., power has been restored to all of the 83,000 SCE customers in the Santa Barbara county area who were without power, and most of the 180,000 customers who were without power in the Ventura county area.— KEYT NewsChannel 3 (@KEYTNC3) December 5, 2017
Prayers up for California.
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