Celebrities join California exodus as wildfire bears down on wealthy area of Montecito
A firefighter tackles a wildfire in Montecito, California - AP/ Residents piled into cars and fled on Saturday, turning downtown Santa Barbara into "a ghost town" as surging winds drove one of the biggest fires in California's history toward the city and the nearby wealthy enclave of Montecito. The mandatory evacuations around Montecito and neighbouring Summerland came as winds that had eased a day earlier roared back at around 30mph, with gusts to about 60mph. The 404-square-mile Thomas Fire was moving rapidly westward and crested ...
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