DOOLEY Observed: Wildfire forces evacuation of campus, homes in California

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Friday, May 3, 2013

Wildfire forces evacuation of campus, homes in California

A wildfire fanned by gusty Santa Ana winds raged along the fringes of Southern California communities on Thursday, forcing the evacuation of homes and a university while setting recreational vehicles ablaze.

The blaze erupted during morning rush hour along U.S. 101 in the Camarillo area about 50 miles west of Los Angeles. It was quickly spread by the winds, which also pushed other damaging blazes across the region.

The evacuation orders included the smoke-choked campus of California State University, Channel Islands, which has about 5,000 students.

CBS News correspondent Ben Tracy reports the fire spread from 75 acres to to 6,500 acres in just three hours.