Five killed in cars as California wildfires cause devastation

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Five people have been killed in a southern California wildfire as another blaze raging in the north of the state triggered a mandatory evacuation order for much of Malibu&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The victims’ bodies were found in vehicles torched by the flames in the town of Paradise&comma; north east of San Francisco&period; A separate wildfire north west of Los Angeles has roared south&comma; jumping the US 101 freeway early on Friday and sweeping into the Santa Monica Mountains&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The beachside town of Malibu&comma; known as the home of many Hollywood stars&comma; has about 13&comma;000 residents and lies along 21 miles of coast at the southern foot of the mountain range&period; Los Angeles County Fire Department tweeted that the fire is heading towards the ocean&comma; punctuating the message with the declaration&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Imminent threat&excl;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Malibu officials initially said the order applied to the entire city but have now defined an area that is approximately the western two-thirds of the community&period; The director of the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services says another fire in northern California has claimed lives&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mark Ghilarducci said the number of deaths was not known&period; He said there are also injuries&period; A fire official said the blaze in northern California nearly quadrupled in size overnight&period; Captain Scott McLean of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said the fire near the town of Paradise has grown to nearly 110 square miles&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The blaze has devastated the town of 27&comma;000 people and is moving north into Sierra Nevada foothill communities&period; Butte County Sheriff’s Office said an evacuation ordered had been issued for the small communities of Stirling City and Inskip&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Cal Fire Captain Bill Murphy said winds have calmed down in the valley but there are &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;shifting&comma; erratic winds” with speeds of up to 45mph along ridge tops&period; The blaze also reached the edge of Chico&comma; a city of 90&comma;000 people&period; Mr Murphy said firefighters were able to stop the fire at the edge of the city&comma; where evacuation orders remain in place&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;120377" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-120377" style&equals;"width&colon; 600px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;91F1B7CD-A387-49B2-82A4-6E2D7F71366F&period;jpeg"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;91F1B7CD-A387-49B2-82A4-6E2D7F71366F&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"400" class&equals;"size-full wp-image-120377" &sol;><&sol;a><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-120377" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Smoke from wildfires obscures the San Francisco skyline<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Authorities issued an unhealthy air quality alert for parts of the San Francisco Bay Area as smoke from the wildfire drifted south&period; 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