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Residents relieved as Nightsky fire put out
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Dana Rene Bowler / Star staff Firefighters get ready to fight the Malibu fire near an apartment complex in the 23300 block of Pacific Coast Highway. Five homes were destroyed and others damaged in the fire, which started Sunday morning near Malibu Canyon Road.
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Dana Rene Bowler / Star staff As flames burn on the hillside behind him, Henry Pope comforts his dog Tobey across from his apartment in the 22300 block of Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu. The fire, which started early Sunday morning, had burned 2,200 acres and was reported 10 percent contained as of late Sunday. Firefighters expect to battle the blaze all week.
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The Nightsky Fire, which threatened homes in the eastern Santa Rosa Valley, was declared fully contained at 7 a.m. today.
Officials expect the remaining portion of the blaze to be controlled, or put out, by 5 p.m. today, said Ventura County Fire Capt. Ron Oatman.
The area scorched by the blaze did not grow overnight, and was still estimated at 35 acres today, officials said this morning.
No injuries were reported in connection with the fire. The structural damage was limited to a portion of a garage roof at a hilltop estate on Nightsky Drive.
Fire investigators were at that location today, speaking with the homeowner. He declined to speak to a reporter about the incident.
Winds were still raking the Santa Rosa Valley region today, but the community's public school was in session and Santa Rosa Road was open to traffic and operating normally.
Firefighters continued working at various locations in the area, making sure no new problems occur and continuing their efforts to extinguish the smoldering fire.
Smoke continued to color the sky, most of the smoke coming from other brushfires to the northeast in Ventura and Los Angeles counties.
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