CALIFORNIA - Malibu fire destroys 4 mansions

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Malibu fire destroys 4 mansionsPOSTED: 3:16 a.m. EST, January 9, 2007 MALIBU, California (AP) -- A wildfire fanned by Santa Ana winds destroyed four seaside mansions and significantly damaged four others as it spread over more than 20 acres in this celebrity enclave Monday, authorities said.

Flames boiled furiously out of the skeletons of multimillion-dollar beach homes for about two hours until there was little left to burn. One resident, who was not identified, was hospitalized for smoke inhalation.

Fire officials initially said eight homes were lost, but after full containment was achieved they cut that number in half. A guest home also was destroyed. " The neighborhood looks like a war zone, " County Fire Chief Michael Freeman said late Monday. " Anything that was down there that could burn, did burn. "

Actress Victoria Principal was among the residents who rushed out to hose down their houses. " She covered her house with water, " said Principal's publicist, Alan Nierob. " Some people can't get access to their house, so she's out offering food and water to her neighbors. "

The actress' home was not damaged, Nierob said.The cause of the fire was under investigation. Arson investigators were at the scene, although fire officials stopped short of calling it suspicious.

" At this time we're not ruling anything out because everything needs to be considered, " Freeman said.TV news helicopters broadcast scenes of a large area of flames blowing down seaside slopes toward shoreline homes, with lines of flashing lights from emergency vehicles. Winds appeared to be blowing the fire toward the ocean rather than up into steep, brushy coastal canyons.

" Unfortunately, the homes in that area are very close together, " said City Council member Pamela Conley Ulich, who stopped at the Michael Landon Community Center, in a state park near the fire, when she spotted the flames. " We're praying that this is going to pass. It's a catastrophe right now. "

More than 300 firefighters aided by helicopters battled the blaze, which began about 5 p.m. in the heart of 21-mile-long Malibu, said Los Angeles County fire Inspector Ron Haralson. Streams of water were pumped onto the embers of what were once homes

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