Students at Pepperdine University in Malibu were instructed to “shelter-in-place” on December 10 as a rapidly spreading fire burned near the campus, leading to mandatory evacuations for several nearby areas.“The University is now activating its shelter-in-place protocol,” an announcement read. “We do not evacuate the campus even when surrounding areas might - this shelter-in-place protocol is approved by LA County Fire and executed with their cooperation.”According to the Los Angeles Times, more than half of Malibu had been ordered to evacuate.The fire grew fast, to almost 2,000 acres by the early hours of Tuesday, Cal Fire said.Footage from student Xaree Reyes shows the fire blazing near the university library.“That’s insane,” one student can be heard saying. Credit: Xaree Reyes via Storyful