A brush fire that burned 50 acres in Malibu was 60% contained as of Wednesday afternoon as Somis, Moorpark areas face an 8,900-acre fire.

The Pacific Coast Highway is closed in Malibu as firefighters respond to a wildfire driven by powerful dry winds.

A wind-whipped wildfire tore through parched brush in the coastal city of Malibu near Pepperdine University on Wednesday morning, closing a section of the Pacific Coast Highway, officials said. The Broad Fire ignited southwest of the Pacific Coast Highway and South Malibu Canyon Road,