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Malibu Blaze 'Looks Good'

Dying winds, high mobilization help firefighters corral 40% of fire

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 25, 2007 3:40 PM CST

(Newser) – The wildfire that scorched 50 Malibu homes yesterday is now 40% contained and should be corralled by Tuesday, the Los Angeles Times reports. Dying Santa Ana winds and what one official called "unprecedented mobilization" helped firefighters control the blaze. Crews are busy stamping out hot spots today to make sure they don't reignite.

A red-flag warning—given when humidity falls below 8%—will stay in effect tonight, and some areas remain under mandatory evacuation. "We've got a lot of hot and smoldering spots, but not much active flame right now," a fire inspector said. "We've got the same amount of resources so we're really getting a good handle on it."

Los Angeles County firefighters are seen through waves of heat burning through the roof of a home destroyed by wildfire lost in the Corral Canyon area of Malibu, Calif., Saturday, Nov. 24, 2007. (AP... (Associated Press)

The ruins of one of several homes lost in the Corral Canyon area of Malibu, Calif., continues to burn Saturday, Nov. 24, 2007. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon) (Associated Press)

In this photo provided by Corral Canyon resident Carol Stoddard, a wildfire is seen sweeping toward her home, before she was forced to evacuate the Corral Canyon area of Malibu, Calif., before dawn on... (Associated Press)

Ambers from a wildfire pushed by Santa Ana winds burn along Corral Canyon Road Saturday, Nov. 24, 2007, in Malibu, Calif. The fire erupted shortly before 3 (Associated Press)

A California Department of Forestry firefighter looks on after setting a backfire during a wildfire that burned several homes, Saturday, Nov. 24, 2007, in Malibu, Calif. A fast-moving wildfire pushed... (Associated Press)

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