By Tangi Quemener AFP - 1 hour 47 minutes agoLOS ANGELES (AFP) - Firefighters battled into the night Monday to tame wildfires in California that sparked mass evacuations, drove Hollywood stars from their million-dollar homes and killed one person, authorities said.

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency in seven of California's southern counties late Sunday as firefighters battled the blazes, which started early that morning and burned all day, fanned by strong winds.

"Throughout the region more than 30,000 acres (12,000 hectares) have already burned and more areas are threatened. The wildfires have caused the loss of human life and serious injuries," his office said in a statement.

One person was killed and four firefighters were seriously injured while trying to protect a home from fire in Potrero, 50 kilometers (30 miles) east of San Diego, the fire department said.

At least another 13 people were injured elsewhere as at least 11 separate fires, according to reports, devoured tree-lined hillsides and filled the area with choking black smoke.

"They have burned a number of homes, businesses and other structures. Residents have been evacuated in dangerous areas," the governor's statement said.

"Because of the wildfires, conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property exist in the counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and Ventura," it stressed.

Authorities ordered 36,000 residents of Ramona, 50 kilometers (30 miles) northeast of San Diego, to evacuate as the flames approached the town, said a spokesman for the local sheriff's office.

Strong winds fed the flames which destroyed a church and other buildings, forcing thousands to evacuate, including entire neighborhoods in the exclusive seaside town of Malibu.

Homes of director James Cameron and "Grease" movie star Olivia Newton-John were among those evacuated, celebrity site TMZ.com reported.

The palm-lined town, around 30 kilometers west of Los Angeles, is home to celebrities including Sting, Mel Gibson, Robert Redford, Barbra Streisand, Cher and Richard Gere.

"There's no clear direction of the fire. You're getting erratic winds and swirls," fire inspector Ron Haralson told CNN news on Sunday evening.

"We're getting gusts up to 60 miles (100 kilometers) an hour ... They die down for a little bit. But then we're getting spot fires, fires that start well ahead of the main body of the fire, embers landing on rooftops and trees."

He said the fires may have been caused by wind knocking over a power line.

Thousands of students at Pepperdine University were evacuated. Nearby, the Malibu Presbyterian Church and several private homes burned to the ground, and the coastal highway from Los Angeles to San Francisco was closed.

"I woke up around 5:30 this morning and had smelled smoke and I saw some lights on Malibu Canyon Road," Malibu resident David Masi told NBC4 television. "I kept smelling it and the smoke kept getting more and more pervasive."

The blaze also destroyed much of the Malibu Castle, known as Castle Kashan, a hilltop landmark built in 1978 and put up for sale in March for 17 million dollars.

Southern California has been on "red alert" over the weekend due to the high winds, temperatures of near 30 Celsius (86 Fahrenheit) and dry conditions.

Haralson said late Sunday the blazes were not contained and firefighters would battle them through the night. Some 1,500 firefighters were deployed and helicopters were dumping water on the blazing ground.

"We have a lot of resources that are assisting and they're all being utilized at this moment," he told the television station Channel 2.

Schwarzenegger's office said the emergency proclamation allows the state Office of Emergency Services to deploy emergency personnel and equipment and provide local government assistance.

Officials warned the fires may continue for several days while the high winds keep up.

"This fire's been very erratic and it has moved rapidly when it has moved with the winds," Los Angeles county fire chief Michael Freeman told reporters.

"The fact that it's kind of come down below the ridge line up there has given us an opportunity to really work hard on it. But this fire is not over. It's not over until it's over and we're a long way from there."

This fire is an picture what will be happen in four years time, Oktober 2011 AD the end of time.
The day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. (2 Peter 3:10)
The ultimate terror - Judgment Day, there is no escape! Are you ready to meet God?

The great day of JAHWEH is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of JAHWEH: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly. That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers. And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against JAHWEH: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung. (Zephaniah 1:14-18)


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And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be TIME NO LONGER:

But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets. Revelation 10:5-7

First Greece and now California?

http://www.bible-codes.org/greece-fires-English-code.htm

And the peace talks are coming up in Israel.

I do not wish these things too happen upon anyone, but it could be that the Lord is trying to get America's attention --- especially if things worsen much more.

They are pressuring ISRAEL to give away the WEST BANK.........(JUDEA and SAMARIA)


the California fires are on our (the USA's) WEST COAST.


the coming disaster that SNODGRASS spoke of..........is it one BIG DISASTER , or a hundred disasters like these fires?

most of these disasters involve water, or the lack of water.

parts of NEW ORLEANS is flooded today.

Atlanta has 80 days of water supply left, and they're watering fake turf for sports practice today.
Sports is sin.

Tzeitel. do you believe (like I do; at least it could be one of the factors) that the fires of California happened BECAUSE of the law passed by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to forbid kids at school to say words like "mom", "dad", "Father", and "Mother" so as not to "hurt" the homosexual agenda?

That the fires are God's judgement? (I was thinking about God's judgement on SODOM and Gomorrah... another judgement by fire (FIRE and brimstone)...