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Navigation Primary Navigation Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Secondary Navigation Africa Europe Latin America Middle East North America Search Search: Hundreds of homes destroyed in California firestorm AFP - Sunday, November 16 LOS ANGELES (AFP) - - Hundreds of homes were feared destroyed and 10,000 people were forced to flee as ferocious wind-driven fires blazed across California on Saturday, authorities said. A state of emergency was declared across Los Angeles County after a fire which broke out late Friday roared through hills and communities near the suburb of Sylmar, fuelled by winds of up to 80 miles (129 kilometers) per hour. At least 2,600 acres (1,052 hectares) had been destroyed and 10,000 people evacuated from the areas near the blaze on the northern outskirts of the city. Hundreds of firefighters using helicopters, bulldozers and engines were battling the fire, attempting to halt its advance. Los Angeles Fire Department captain Steve Ruda said one of the worst hit areas was a 600-residence mobile home park that suffered "total devastation." Four people, including three firefighters, had suffered injuries in the fire. The cause of the fire was not known. Around 1,000 more homes continued to be threatened by the fire, said Ruda, clutching a partially burned and tattered American flag that had been retrieved from a home consumed by the inferno. Temperatures at the mobile home park had been so fierce that firefighters hoses "melted into the cement as they got out of there." Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa blamed the spread of the wire on "absolutely atrocious" winds. "We know that we have lost dozens of structures ... certainly more than we have lost over the last decade," Villaraigosa told a news briefing. Local media reports said staff at the Olive View Medical Center had to tend to patients on respirators using hand-operated pumps because of power outages afte the fire erupted late Friday. Some infants and critically ill patients were transferred to other hospitals, but most remained "sheltered in place." The fire forced the closure of several major freeways and led to rolling blackouts across Los Angeles before power was eventually restored. The Los Angeles fire was one of several burning across Southern California on Saturday. Hundred of firefighters were continuing to battle a blaze which tore through the celebrity haven of Montecito, 100 miles northwest of Los Angeles on Thursday and Friday. Some 111 homes had been gutted by the fire, which has burned around 1,800 acres and was 40-percent contained. Montecito is popular with the super-rich, and celebrities such as talk-show queen Oprah Winfrey and Hollywood actors Michael Douglas, Jeff Bridges and Rob Lowe all own property in the area. Lowe was among around 5,000 residents who fled their homes on Thursday after flames driven by powerful local winds known as "sundowners" formed a firestorm that swiftly overwhelmed firefighters. There have been no reported fatalities but 13 injuries, including three suffering from burns and 10 suffering from smoke inhalation, according to figures from Santa Barbara County. California is frequently hit by scorching wildfires due to its dry climate, Santa Ana winds and recent housing booms which have seen housing spread rapidly into rural and densely forested areas. The Montecito fire comes just over a year after devastating wildfires that were among the worst in California history, that left eight people dead, gutted 2,000 homes, displaced 640,000 people and caused one billion dollars in damage. In June and July this year, a series of about 2,000 fires raged across the state, scorching some 900,000 acres (364,230 ha) of land, according to officials. Email Story IM Story Printable View Blog This Recommend this article Average (0 votes) Sign in to recommend this article » Most Recommended Stories » Related Articles: World Earthquake rattles El SalvadorAP - 25 minutes ago Econ summit vows action _ takes few concrete stepsAP - 26 minutes ago LA police: Fire at trailer park might be deadlyAP - 30 minutes ago Russia wants 'strategic partnership' with US: MedvedevAFP - 42 minutes ago Mobile home park is ground zero of Calif. wildfireAP - 54 minutes ago Enlarge Photo A car and most of the homes in the Oakridge mobile home park, which reportedly has 600-800 homes, burn in the Sylmar Fire in Sylmar, California. Hundreds of homes were feared destroyed and 10,000 people were forced to flee as ferocious wind-driven fires blazed across California on Saturday, authorities said. 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