A fire progresses Saturday in California pushed by the wind, threatening infrastructure and forcing the closure of motorway sections in a tourist area on the Pacific coast between Malibu and Santa Barbara, according to rescue services.
A hundred firefighters have strengthened in late morning staff already in place, pushing to 600 the number of firefighters battling flames near Solimar Beach, seaside resort of Southern California, said the rescue Ventura County .
"The fire is pushed by a strong northwest wind and now threatens oil installations, gas and electricity and rail infrastructure", they said on their website.
The flames devoured 485 hectares were no casualties or destroy houses. A housing thirty remained threatened by the fire, which raged in an area where settled many oil wells and underground pipelines, told AFP a spokesman for the firefighters from Ventura, Mike Lindbery.
The fire was controlled to 10% in late morning, according to the California firefighters remembered on Twitter that brush fire occur "throughout the year" in the region.
A stretch of the Pacific Coast Highway, the famous highway along the California coast also known as the "Highway 1", remained closed and another highway, the 101 Freeway, was still cut in two points, depending on the emergency.
The people of the small resort Solimar Beach and tourists who camp there were ordered to evacuate to the north, while he was advised residents of the nearby beach Faria Beach to leave, according to firefighters . A shelter was opened by the Red Cross to accommodate them.
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