City safety official: City not under threat

A City of Malibu spokesman said the fire situation is improving and “looks very much like we have nothing to fear in the City of Malibu.” Brad Davis, the city’s emergency services coordinator, said a report he had just received from county fire officials showed that the fire was contained to Ventura County and was not expected to touch Los Angeles County. 

“At this point, we feel quietly confident that we do not anticipate any fire impinging the Malibu area,” emergency services coordinator Brad Davis said. “Now that’s not to say the fire isn’t moving back on itself in the Ventura County area. But as far as the L.A. County area, it’s not touching any L.A. County land and it’s not expected to do so.”

Davis said the city was de-activating its emergency operations center, which is a communications center assembled in the Civic Center during crises. The city would continue to monitor the situation he said, but as of 4 p.m. he “did not feel the city was under any threat.”

Maria Grycan, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County Fire Department, confirmed that the fire was not expected to migrate to L.A. County. 

“The fire right now continues to remain entirely in Ventura County,” Grycan said.