Hollywood stars were among thousands of people who found themselves homeless yesterday after wind-driven wildfires gutted nearly 50 multi-million-dollar homes in the celebrity enclave of Malibu and forced scores of local resident to flee. Fire erupted before dawn on Saturday,spreading rapidly through tinder-dry brush as winds packing gusts of up to 80km per hour fanned the inferno. By early yesterday, around 1,800ha had been scorched and 51 buildings, including 49 homes,had been destroyed.A further 27 structures had been damaged, said Los Angeles County Fire Department officials.
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