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Palm tree instantly bursts into flames on Pacific Coast Highway south of Malibu as the firestorm reaches it. The house survived as it was at the bottom of the mountain side. Nothing above it survived except an elderly couple who jumped into their swimming pool with towels over their heads as the firestorm blew past with winds estimated at 50 mph.  copyright Jim Mendenhall, The Los Angeles Times, 1993.