Monday November 12, 2018 08:20 PM Southern California officials expect that they’ll find hundreds more homes burned beyond the 370 that they have already counted as destroyed by a huge wildfire Written by By CHRISTOPHER WEBER and BRIAN MELLEY, Associated Press MALIBU, Calif. (AP) — The sky was black and flames on the next ridge were fast approaching when Paul Rasmussen, his pregnant wife and 6-year-old daughter fled their mountainside Malibu home Friday for what they thought might be the last time. His only hope that the large home, once billed in real estate listings as “Shangri-La,” would survive was that his next-door neighbor, Randy Berkeley, would not only protect his own house, but also Rasmussen’s. On Monday, after driving a winding road across charred slopes and past smoldering ruins of other houses in Decker Canyon, Rasmussen wrapped Berkeley in a bear hug of thanks after finding their two houses still standing untouched by fire. “Without him, I knew it was going to be a loss,” Rasmussen said. “He just went above and beyond.” Fire officials lifted some evacuation orders Monday while warning Southern California residents to remain vigilant as strong winds fanned new fires. While some returned home, others… Read full this story
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