Malibu Avoids Widespread Ruin as Firefighters Gain Ground
- ‘We were so lucky’ mayor says as weather aids fire fight
- Region could get rain this weekend before more winds next week
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Improving weather conditions and a massive counterattack by firefighters appear to be turning the tide in the Malibu wildfire, sparing the wealthy California enclave from large-scale property losses.
“We’re all shaking our heads and saying we were so lucky,” Mayor Doug Stewart said in an interview Wednesday. “We all thought we were going to lose a lot of homes.”