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More than 100,000 residents of Los Angeles County have been evacuated by a growing number of fires driven by destructive winds since Tuesday.
An unknown number of homes have been destroyed, many beloved local businesses burnt down, with a death toll that will likely go up in the coming days.
And the end doesn’t seem to be near. Even though the worst of the Santa Ana winds that had fueled the uncontrollable fires in the Pacific Palisades and Altadena are now behind us, the National Weather Service says strong winds and critical fire weather will persist until at least Friday evening.
CalFire’s map of significant fires in SoCal. The shaded areas show where smoke and haze has spread in the region.
On Wednesday evening, a new brush fire broke out in the Hollywood Hills. Soon after, the Sunset Fire triggered mandatory evacuation orders.
“This is a dangerous situation and we want them to go now,” Margaret Stewart, public information officer for the Los Angeles Fire Department, told our media partner KCAL News.
More than 150 firefighters are deployed to fight the Sunset Fire, said Stewart, with helicopters making water drops.
But with wind speed at 25 mph, Stewart warned that the fire has the potential to spread quickly and asked those residing in the evacuation warning zones to leave the area early.
Evacuations shelters are still being set up, but Stewart said, “right now we just want people to get south and get out of the area.”
Here’s what we know the Sunset Fire, and others burning now.
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Sunset Fire
The Sunset Fire broke out Wednesday night and quickly led to mandatory evacuations.
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The brush fire started at 6:04 p.m. on Wednesday at around the 2300 block of Solar Drive in the Hollywood Hills.
The fire quickly burned about 20 acres between Runyon Canyon and Wattles Park and triggered fast mandatory evacuation orders. The fire spread so quickly that within 12 minutes of area residents being warned evacuations were possible, mandatory orders were in place for:
- Laurel Canyon Blvd (on the east)
- to Mulholland Dr (on the south)
- to 101 Freeway (on the west)
- down to Hollywood Blvd (on the north)
Eaton Fire
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Evacuation orders are in place for areas in Altadena and Pasadena near Eaton Canyon after a fast-moving brush fire broke out at 6:23 p.m. Tuesday. On Wednesday, officials said five people had died and many other were injured as the fire spread.
Palisades Fire
The Getty Villa art museum threatened by the flames of the wind-driven Palisades Fire Tuesday.
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The Palisades Fire that broke out in the Santa Monica Mountains Tuesday morning sent hundreds of residents fleeing, some of them on foot, as they tried to outrun advancing flames driven by extremely strong winds.
At an afternoon news conference, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said “many structures” had already been destroyed, and called out the fact that people were still evacuating. By evening, reports of widespread destruction seemed overwhelming. PCH icons including the Reel Inn are now gone.
Hurst Fire
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Shortly after 10 p.m. Tuesday, a fire started above Olive View Medical Center and spread toward the 210 Freeway in Sylmar, quickly spreading to 100 acres and growing. That fire led to immediate evacuation orders “north of the 210 Freeway from Roxford to the Interstate 5/14 Freeway split.”
The CHP received a report that a power line had exploded in the area and that the fire was moving toward homes in the area.
Lidia Fire
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The Lidia Fire broke out shortly after 2 p.m. Wednesday off Soledad Canyon Road in the Angeles National Forest. It’s smaller than the others, and containment has creeped to double digits. The cause is under investigation.
Soledad Canyon Road between Agua Dulce Canyon Road and Crown Valley Road is closed, and a Sigalert was issued in Acton. The Angeles National Forest is in unified command with the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
Woodley Fire
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The Woodley Fire was reported near North Woodley Avenue and the Sepulveda Basin shortly after 6 a.m. Wednesday.
According to fire officials, the fire “poses a threat of crossing Burbank Boulevard. Crews are actively working to contain the fire and protect structures in the affected area.”
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Tyler Fire
The Tyler Fire was reported in Coachella south as a vegetation fire south of the 10 Freeway at 3:25 a.m. The fire was contained to 15 acres.
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