The blaze was moving at a fierce pace, fanned by strong Santa Ana winds, and had exploded to over 2,850 acres as of Tuesday afternoon with no containment, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

The Franklin Fire has burned 2,851 acres in Malibu, prompting evacuations and a shelter-in-place order at the Pepperdine University campus, which has since been lifted.

Thousands of Southern California residents were under evacuation orders Tuesday as firefighters battled a wind-driven wildfire in Malibu that burned near seaside mansions and Pepperdine University, where students sheltering at the school's library watched as the blaze intensified and the sky turned deep red.