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

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.

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