MALIBU, Calif. — The blue Pacific lapped at the shore as Suzanne Somers poked through charred rubble.
"It was a beautiful house; it was a beautiful place to live," the actress told reporters Tuesday.
The morning after the brief but fierce wildfire destroyed or damaged several multimillion-dollar beach homes was the kind of day that feeds the desire to live in Malibu, despite its long history of devastating fires.
"We'll rebuild," Somers pledged. "I really think that we'll learn something great from this, and what else can you do with a tragedy but look for the opportunity to grow spiritually and emotionally?"
Monday's sunset blaze, whipped by Santa Ana winds, destroyed five homes and damaged six others, including a guesthouse, said Los Angeles County Fire Chief P. Michael Freeman.
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Investigators were still trying to determine the cause of the fire, which erupted in brushy Malibu Bluffs Park and was blown downslope over about 20 acres and across Malibu Road into side-by-side homes on the beach. With nowhere to go but the ocean, the fire then ran out of fuel.
The point of origin was believed to be above the park along Pacific Coast Highway, Freeman said.
"At this point nothing is being ruled out in terms of the cause," he said.
