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/ 9 January 2007

Wildfire guts Malibu beach mansions

A wildfire fanned by Santa Ana winds destroyed four seaside mansions and damaged at least two others on Monday as it spread over more than 8ha in the Californian celebrity enclave of Malibu, authorities said. Flames boiled furiously out of the skeletons of multimillion-dollar beach homes for about two hours, fire officials said.