Firefighters in Southern California braced for another day of gusting desert win...
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. - Firefighters in Southern California braced for another day of gusting desert winds on Thursday as they confronted twin wildfires that have displaced thousands of residents in the Los Angeles metropolitan area.
The Getty Fire broke out near the Getty Center art museum in Los Angeles on Monday morning, burning chaparral up and down the mountain slopes around a major highway. Officials at the Getty Center and the Reagan Library were confident both complexes would survive unscathed, thanks to various fire-prevention systems. These include, in the Reagan Library’s case, an annual visitation by a herd of goats that eats away the surrounding flammable scrub. On Wednesday, helicopters doused the area around the library with water.
Tens of thousands of people in the region were without power after a precautionary shutdown by the Pacific Gas & Electric Co . PG&E acknowledged last week that the Kincade fire started near a damaged transmission tower at about the time a live high-voltage line on that tower malfunctioned.
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