Wind-driven California wildfire sees thousands ordered to evacuate

A car drives past flames from the Franklin Fire at Pepperdine University in Malibu (Eric Thayer/AP)

Thousands of Southern California residents were under evacuation orders on Tuesday as firefighters battled a wind-driven wildfire in Malibu that burned near seaside mansions and Pepperdine University.

The university later said the worst of the fire had pushed past campus.