Houses burn on Camp Plenty Road in Canyon Country, Calif. on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2007.
A Los Angeles County Fire Department helicopter makes a drop as flames crest a ridge along Pacific Coast Highway as strong, gusting winds pushed flames through Malibu, Calif., Sunday, Oct. 21, 2007.
Fire crews are overwhelmed as the fire crosses Ramblas Pacifico in the Malibu Hills, Monday, Oct. 22, 2007, in Malibu, Calif.
A member of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection keeps an eye on the Malibu Canyon fire from the top of the Malibu Hills, Monday, Oct. 22, 2007, in Malibu, Calif. In Malibu, about 700 firefighters worked to protect hundreds of homes in several upscale communities nestled in the hills.
Firefighters battle a wind driven brush fire in Angeles National Forest near Castaic, Calif. on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2007. The fast-growing wildfire near Interstate 5 whipped up by 50-mph winds consumed about 100 acres early Sunday amid dry conditions in northeast Los Angeles County, authorities said.
A Los Angeles County fire helicopter drops water on a fire where a wildfire driven by powerful Santa Ana winds threatened a university and forced the evacuation of hundreds of homes, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2007, in Malibu, Calif. Flames destroyed a church and several homes, one of them a landmark castle.
Los Angeles County firefighters monitor the progress of the fires in Las Flores Canyon from the back yard of a home on Rambla Pacifico in the Santa Monica Mountains as fire continues to burn in Malibu, Calif., Monday, Oct. 22, 2007.
Firefighters from the Orange County Fire department work a 3800 acre brush fire near Irvine, Calif., Sunday, Oct. 21, 2007. Nearly a dozen wildfires driven by powerful Santa Ana winds spread across Southern California on Sunday, killing one person near San Diego, destroying several homes and a church in celebrity-laden Malibu, and forcing hundreds from their homes.
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California has evacuated a quarter of a million people as fierce winds fan wildfires in the Los Angeles region from San Diego up to Santa Barbara.
At least one person has died and thousands of homes are at risk in seven counties where fires have scorched some 200,000 acres (81,000 hectares).
About 1,500 National Guardsmen have been brought in to help firefighters.
After visiting charred homes in Malibu, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said it was a "tragic time" for the US state.
"We have... the weather conditions that are perfect for huge fires all over the state," he told reporters.
"That's what we are having right now. We have a lot of wind and we have dry weather, and that's the perfect storm."
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