Authorities going through burned-out neighbourhoods say a Southern California wildfire has now destroyed at least 435 buildings, most of them homes. The new figures released Monday evening come as a wildfire continues to burn its way through scenic drought-stricken canyons in and around Malibu, where celebrity mansions and modest mobile homes have burned. Thousands are still at risk, and forecasters expect gusty Santa Ana winds that drove the flames to continue into Wednesday. Forty-four deaths statewide are now blamed on the fires, after more than a dozen new fatalities were reported in the decimated Northern California community of Paradise.