Six years after the Woolsey Fire tore through Los Angeles and Ventura counties, killing three people and destroying hundreds of homes, the Franklin Fire erupted Monday night in the same area of Malibu devastated by the 2018 wildfire.
Thousands of people remain evacuated from their homes Tuesday afternoon after the blaze sparked near Malibu Creek State Park around 10:45 p.m. the night before, with closures along the Pacific Coast Highway and a shelter-in-place order at Pepperdine University — all mirroring conditions of the wildfire that burned nearly 97,000 acres years earlier. About 12 hours after it first sparked, around 12:30 p.m.
Another difference mentioned by one Malibu resident who spoke to the Los Angeles Times is the emergency notifications, which he said he received just as the Franklin Fire broke out. James Perry said his family relied on those warnings as they lost electricity, and with it, all cellphone service and Wi-Fi connection. During the Woolsey Fire, he said, he didn't receive any such notifications.
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