Malibu’s luxury waterfront reduced to ruins: Palisades fires turn iconic coastline into ghost town

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Expensive Malibu waterfront turns to ashes

A recently shared video on X paints a haunting picture of the Malibu waterfront, once home to some of the most sought-after real estate in California. The area, now reduced to rubble, bears little resemblance to the luxurious estate it once was. Not a single house remains untouched by the ravaging wildfires; what was once a stunning coastline now shows only charred remnants and smouldering ruins.

Long stretches of historic homes along the Pacific Coast Highway, some of which had stood for decades, have been burned down to their concrete foundations. The roads are littered with upturned telephone poles and scorched vehicles, while crews of firefighters work tirelessly, stretching for miles, to salvage what remains of this iconic region. The devastation is staggering, marking a painful chapter in the history of Malibu’s famed shoreline, as reported by Los Angeles Daily News.

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Netizens to Malibu turned into a ghost town

A user wrote, “Holy sh*t, I remember driving down this road a few years ago. This is devastating.” A second user wrote, “Living right next to the ocean and no one thought about installing water pumps for their own fire suppression?” A third user wrote, “This actually looks like some cut scene in an apocalyptic game.”

Another user wrote, “Goes to show that you are nothing and must be humble to God,” while one user wrote, “It’s nice to view the ocean, but prayers to the folks affected.”