THE SOUTHLAND FIRESTORM: WEEK TWO : Latest Southland Fires

More wildfires exploded in brushlands on Tuesday as fierce Santa Ana winds pushed flames through the Southland. Here is an update of those fires as of Tuesday night.

Controlled: When a fire’s perimeter is no longer expanding.

Containment: Usually accompanied by a percentage, is used to describe how much of a fire is surrounded--although it is still burning.

LOS ANGELES COUNTY

Calabasas/Malibu

* Location: Started in Calabasas and moved along a five-mile front in a southwestern direction toward the ocean in Malibu.

* Acres: 20,000

* Damage: 50 to 100 structures damaged or destroyed.

* Cause: Unknown

* Status: Out of control

* Firefighters: 3,000, with another 2,000 on their way.

* Injuries: Two residents in critical condition; three firefighters slightly hurt.

* Evacuations: 2,000 people

RIVERSIDE COUNTY

Banning

* Location: San Gorgonio and Repplier Roads

* Acres: 8,000

* Damage: Four homes and one barn destroyed and damage to two homes, 11 storage buildings and one trailer.

* Cause: Arcing power lines.

* Status: Out of control and burning northwest toward Bogart Park at the north end of Cherry Valley.

* Firefighters: 1,000

* Injuries: Six residents, most with second-degree burns.

* Evacuations: More than 2,000 people from Cherry Valley area.

SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY

Yucaipa

* Location: Oak Glen

* Acres: 55

* Damage: No structures damaged.

* Cause: Arson

* Status: 100% contained

* Injuries: None

* Firefighters: 175

* Evacuations: None

SAN DIEGO COUNTY

Poway

* Location: East of Rancho Bernardo

* Acres: 1,500

* Damage: No structures damaged.

* Cause: Under investigation.

* Status: 60% contained.

* Injuries: None

* Firefighters: More than 100

* Evacuations: Unknown

VENTURA COUNTY

Green Meadow/Thousand Oaks

* Location: East of Mulholland and Pacific Coast Highways.

* Acres: 700

* Damage: No structures.

* Cause: Arson

* Status: Last week’s fire in the Thousand Oaks/Malibu area was 100% contained until the wind shifted and a spot fire jumped Mulholland Highway on Tuesday.

* Injuries: None

* Firefighters: 1,325

* Evacuations: Unknown

OTHER

Among the hot spots that flared up Tuesday but were considered 100% contained by evening were Ortega Highway, Altadena and Laguna Beach.