Thousands of residents have been told to evacuate as a wildfire fueled by a powerful windstorm raged in a Los Angeles-area neighborhood in Southern California on Monday.
KTLA reported that all of the Pacific Palisades were under an evacuation order due to the “wind-driven” blaze that had burned through hundreds of acres by the afternoon.
#BREAKING: All of Pacific Palisades is currently under an evacuation order due to the fast-moving, wind-driven #PalisadesFire which has burned more than 200 acres. Evacuees are being urged to travel south toward Pacific Coast Highway. The latest: https://t.co/SLLsFbvAaj pic.twitter.com/EQaEKw0q29
— KTLA (@KTLA) January 7, 2025
Evacuees were urged to travel south toward the Pacific Coast Highway using Palisades Drive and Sunset Boulevard, the local television station said in a news article.
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