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Sunday, October 21, 2007
Glamorous Pepperdine University... ...has been evacuated: 'A wildfire driven by powerful Santa Ana winds threatened a university and forced the evacuation of hundreds of homes in the Malibu Hills on Sunday, authorities said. Flames destroyed a church and several homes, one of them a landmark castle. The blaze had consumed at least 1,000 acres and forced the closure of the Pacific Coast Highway, authorities said. The evacuees included faculty and staff at Pepperdine University, a school spokesman said. Students had been instructed to gather their belongings from their dorm rooms and report to the school's cafeteria and basketball arena. Power is out at the university but both evacuation areas have generators, according to student and resident advisor Amanda Lewis, 21. Helicopters dropped water on the flames dotting the hills above the campus. Palm trees smoldered on the campus glade that overlooks the Pacific Ocean. The erratic wind gusts could be seen pushing flames toward the Hughes Lab technology research campus about a mile north of the Pepperdine campus....' ---mercury news--- |