Air attack saves homes near Malibu Canyon, but winds pose threat
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County fire engineer Scott Pishe stood guard outside several multimillion-dollar homes Sunday as air tankers and helicopters bombarded the fire-ravaged slopes of the nearby Malibu Canyon with fire retardant and water.
Earlier in the day, flames threatened to make a run into a chute by the canyon, but the aggressive air attack kept the fire there at bay.
"If it had gotten into that chute, we would've been in trouble," Pishe said from the southeastern flank of the blaze, which had claimed two lives and forced 250,000 people to flee their homes
