A series of wind-whipped wildfires that turned parts of Southern California into a smoldering scene of destruction continued to rage Wednesday, as a new blaze erupted in an exclusive ridge-top neighborhood in Los Angeles.
The fire erupted early Wednesday near the famed Getty Center in the Sepulveda Pass, prompting the partial closure of the 405 Freeway and threatening multi-million dollar homes in the city's ritzy residential enclave of Bel Air.
The blaze, known as the "Skirball Fire," was reported at 4:52 a.m. on the east side of the freeway near Mulholland Drive, Margaret Stewart of the Los Angeles Fire Department told FOX11....