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LOS ANGELES — Firefighters beat back flames licking at ocean-view estates Friday, while another wildfire raged through a dry forest above Los Angeles’ foothills suburbs.
A blaze in Angeles National Forest had grown to nearly 8 square miles by Friday evening and was creeping east toward Los Angeles foothills suburbs, said Forest Service spokeswoman Rachel Mailo. It was 5 percent contained. Hundreds remained evacuated Friday evening, and hundreds more were packed and ready to move.
The other fire, on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, roared to life on the south Los Angeles County coast Thursday night. Calm conditions allowed water-dropping helicopters with spotlights to work much of the night. Six homes received minor exterior damage.
