AUSTIN, Texas — Firefighters with the Austin Fire Department (AFD) are battling a fire at a vacant building in South Austin. The building is located in the 7800 block of Peaceful Hill Lane, just west of I-35. People are encouraged to avoid the area.

Flying south through smoky skies down the famous Malibu coast, at first the burnt-out mansions are the exception -- solitary wrecks, smoldering away between rows of intact, gleaming beachfront villas.