(28 Aug 2009) SHOTLIST
La Canada Flintridge, California
++NIGHT SHOTS++
1. Various of flames on hillside
Palos Verdes, California
++NIGHT SHOTS++
2. Various of exterior shots of shelter
3. Red Cross emergency distribution area inside shelter, filmed through window
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Zacharay Wayne Ryan, Local resident:
"I saw embers coming and it freaks you out. But I just tried to stay level-headed about it, just packed up my bag and came here."
La Canada Flintridge, California
++NIGHT SHOTS++
5. Various of flames as fires rage across hills
Palos Verdes, California
++NIGHT SHOTS++
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Zacharay Wayne Ryan, lives near fire:
"I was skating and my girlfriend was like, 'yeah, there' a fire right outside my house' and I just went outside and looked at it and saw a bunch of smoke billowing up, looked up and the moon started turning like orange."
La Canada Flintridge, California
++DUSK SHOTS++
7. Pull out and pan from flames to street with police cars
8. Wide shot of flames on hillside, above road
9. Various mid shots of raging fire
Palos Verdes, California
++INTERIOR SHOTS++
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Zacharay Wayne Ryan, lives near fire :
"I remember earlier in the year there was a pretty bad fire. And I'd been riding my bike and I coughed up some black soot. And I was like, 'yeah I am just going to be safe about it,' so....."
La Canada Flintridge, California
++DAYLIGHT SHOTS++
11. Various of fire-fighter hosing flames
12. Mid of fire engine with fireman watching flames
13. Various of firefighting efforts
14. Street with police car as truck drives away
STORYLINE
Wildfires threatened hundreds of homes in the seaside hills and foothill canyons near Los Angeles early Friday, feeding on bone-dry brush in the midst of a heatwave.
As many as 1,500 people had to leave the wealthy seaside community of Rancho Palos Verdes overnight, while residents of about 870 homes were urged to voluntarily leave La Canada Flintridge, a dozen miles (19 kilometres) northeast of downtown Los Angeles on the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains.
Water-dropping helicopters worked through the night, as the ominous red glow of flames illuminated the darkness.
The Rancho Palos Verdes fire erupted late Thursday and spread rapidly, damaging three homes and several garages and outbuildings, but crews managed to keep it from expanding overnight, fire officials said.
The 100-acre (40-hectare) blaze was 35 percent contained early Friday, an official said.
The wealthy communities on the Palos Verdes Peninsula south of Los Angeles are in an area known for horse trails, spectacular Pacific Ocean views, pricey real estate and exclusive golf clubs, including the Trump National Golf Club owned by Donald Trump.
The fire near La Canada Flintridge began to escalate late Thursday afternoon, a day after it began in the Angeles National Forest, and flames moved slowly down the slopes of the San Gabriels.
By early Friday it was estimated to cover more than 2 square miles (5.2 square kilometres) and was about 10 percent contained.
The National Weather Service predicted a third day of red flag conditions of extreme fire danger for many of California's central and southern mountain ranges because of because of low humidity and triple-digit heat that sapped moisture from grass and brush.
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