While thousands of firefighters are still trying to put out the “Kincade Fire” north of San Francisco (California), a new fire broke out on Monday October 28 in the upscale neighborhoods of Los Angeles. The “Getty Fire” destroyed several homes and forced thousands of people to evacuate the area.
All of California, a state in the western United States hit by devastating and sometimes deadly fires in recent years, had been placed in emergency state by its governor on Sunday.
In the hills northwest of Los Angeles, at the gates of the opulent neighborhoods of Bel Air and the famous Getty Museum, a brush fire called “Very aggressive” by the emergency services went off in the night from Sunday to Monday.
Stars evacuated in the middle of the night
Driven by strong winds, the Getty Fire had burned more than 240 hectares on Monday afternoon and resulted in the closure of one of the busiest highways in the California megalopolis, according to Los Angeles firefighters, who deployed 1,100 men and women to fight the blaze.
Several thousand people were woken up in the middle of the night by alerts sent via mobile phones, asking them to prepare their belongings and to evacuate as soon as possible. Among the residents affected by the preventive evacuations are many millionaires, including Lakers star basketball player LeBron James. “Dude, those lights in LA don’t laugh”, the athlete tweeted. “Had to evacuate my house urgently and I drive my family with my car in search of rooms. No luck until now! “he wrote, noting later that he had finally found accommodation for himself and his family.
Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger also had to take shelter on the orders of the authorities: “We evacuated without problem at 3.30 this morning [lundi]. If you’re in an evacuation area, don’t hang around. Run away. “
The fire also resulted in the closure of the Getty Museum and several surrounding schools for safety reasons.
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