Brush fire burns in Malibu prompts evacuation warnings – NBC Los Angeles

Brush fire burns in Malibu prompts evacuation warnings  NBC Los Angeles

A brush fire broke out in Malibu on Thursday, officials said. The Bryson Fire is burning near Mulholland Highway and Encinal Canyon Road. Dinorah Perez and Karma Dickerson report for the NBC4 News at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026. Evacuation orders and warnings are in place as crews battle a fast-moving brush fire in Malibu from the air and ground on Thursday, officials said. The approximately 101-acre Bryson Fire was reported near Mulholland Highway and Encinal Canyon Road in rugged terrain around 4:45 p.m., according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It had potential to grow to 200 acres by 7:30 p.m. Authorities issued an evacuation order for the Encinal Canyon area near Trancas Canyon.

Other surrounding areas, including Zuma Beach, were under evacuation warnings. "There's not really much you can do except, you know, wait and hope that, you know, all these wonderful firemen will, you know, get control of it," said evacuee Susan Booker, who previously lost her home to the Woolsey Fire in 2018. "But it's really windy and it's really scary to see this happening again so close to the house." The fire was burning around 8 miles from Pepperdine University. The school said in a social media post that its Malibu campus was not threatened by the fire and that winds were