Wildfire erupts near Reagan presidential library in California

&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>A new wildfire has erupted in wind-whipped southern California&comma; forcing the evacuation of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and nearby homes&comma; as both ends of the state struggled with blazes&comma; gusty weather and deliberate blackouts&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads1--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Driven by powerful Santa Ana winds&comma; the brush fire broke out before dawn between the cities of Simi Valley and Moorpark&comma; north of Los Angeles&comma; and exploded to more than 1&comma;300 acres &lpar;526 hectares&rpar;&comma; threatening 6&comma;500 homes&comma; Ventura County officials said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Library spokeswoman Melissa Giller said the hilltop museum was not damaged&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She said the flames came within about 30 yards of the property but that it was protected by aircraft dropping water and by a firebreak&comma; a buffer zone cleared of brush&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Hundreds of goats are brought in each year to eat away vegetation that could fuel wildfires on the 300-acre &lpar;120-hectare&rpar; grounds&comma; Ms Giller said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Reagan and his wife Nancy are buried next to each other on a hillside at the library&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Helicopters and planes tackled the blaze as some 800 firefighters battled it on the ground&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The flames pushed through sparsely developed hills between suburban tract developments&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ranchers rushed to evacuate horses&comma; goats and other livestock&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Wind gusts up to 68mph were reported in the area&comma; forecasters said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Other spots elsewhere in southern California were buffeted by even stronger winds&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>PG&amp&semi;E said Tuesday’s power shut-offs would affect about 1&period;5 million people in some 30 counties including the Sierra foothills&comma; wine country and San Francisco Bay Area&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>They included one million still without power from a blackout over the weekend&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Across the darkened neighbourhoods&comma; people worried about charging mobile phones and electric vehicles&comma; finding petrol and cash&comma; staying warm and keeping their food from spoiling&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Some ended up at centres set up by PG&amp&semi;E where people could go to power their electronics and get free water&comma; snacks&comma; torches and solar lanterns&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>PG&amp&semi;E officials said they understood the hardships caused by the blackouts but insisted they were necessary&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads2--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;143163" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-143163" style&equals;"width&colon; 600px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-143163" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;10&sol;E3467487-894A-4E54-9267-CFDB0F67F138&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"400" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-143163" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">An air tanker drops retardant<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>In wine country north of San Francisco&comma; fire officials reported progress in their battle against a 120-square-mile blaze in Sonoma County&comma; saying it was 30&percnt; contained&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The fire destroyed at least 206 structures&comma; including 94 homes&comma; and threatened 90&comma;000 more&comma; most of them homes&comma; authorities said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>More than 150&comma;000 people were under evacuation orders&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Winds topped out at 70mph north of San Francisco Bay and began to ease early on Wednesday&comma; but forecasters said the fire danger would remain high because of continuing breezes and dry air&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In southern California&comma; fire crews continued trying to snuff out a wildfire in the celebrity-studded hills of Los Angeles that destroyed a dozen homes on Monday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>About 9&comma;000 people&comma; including Arnold Schwarzenegger and LeBron James&comma; were under evacuation orders&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>That fire was caused when a dry branch from a eucalyptus tree was flung 30ft by high winds into a city Department of Water and Power line and caused sparks&comma; authorities said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mayor Eric Garcetti called it an &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;act of God”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"550" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">Forecast update&colon; Critical to extremely critical conditions are expected to continue across parts of CA through the day&period; Late tonight&sol;tomorrow morning&comma; extremely critical conditions are expected to persist across southern CA&period; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;XSik9jKOOk">https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;XSik9jKOOk<&sol;a> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;swk25WGqaI">pic&period;twitter&period;com&sol;swk25WGqaI<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&mdash&semi; NWS SPC &lpar;&commat;NWSSPC&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;NWSSPC&sol;status&sol;1189599883797254144&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">October 30&comma; 2019<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads3--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The city had cut away brush and trees from around the line&comma; officials said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The National Weather Service issued an extreme red flag warning for high winds for much of southern California through Thursday evening&comma; with some gusts expected to reach 80mph&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It could be the strongest bout of winds in years&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>No deaths have been reported from the fires&comma; but toppled trees claimed three lives&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Governor Gavin Newsom and top utility regulators have accused PG&amp&semi;E of mismanaging its power system and failing for decades to make the investments needed to ensure it is more durable&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>PG&amp&semi;E president Bill Johnson said he talked to the governor and agreed to give customers affected by an October 9 blackout a one-time credit on their bills&comma; but he did not say how much&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68e404ce226cd">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; 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