Residents of Pacific Palisades between Santa Monica and Malibu, including numerous A-list celebrities, were told “don’t wait, evacuate” as the blaze grew to 300 acres within four hours.
The PA news agency reported that the Hollywood premiere of Unstoppable starring Jennifer Lopez was cancelled as residents were ordered to evacuate their homes.
The fire was fueled by Santa Ana winds that blow warm and dry winds from the inland deserts toward the coast.
“We were blessed to have LA fire and police depts doing their jobs so well. We are safe and out…Can not speak more highly of the LA fire and LAPD,” the Golden Globe and two-time Emmy-winning actor said.
“This is not a parking lot,” Guttenberg told KTLA. “I have friends up there and they can’t evacuate — I’m walking up there as far as I can moving cars.”
Smoke rises from a wildfire burning near Pacific Palisades on the west side of Los Angeles (Photo: Daniel Cole/Reuters)Bike riders make their way along the coast as large dark plume of smoke passes over the beach from a wildfire (Photo: Richard Vogel/AP)Before the fire started, the National Weather Service had issued its highest alert for extreme fire conditions for much of Los Angeles County from Tuesday through Thursday, predicting wind gusts of 80 to 130 kph with isolated winds of 80 to 100 kph in the mountains and foothills.
“In other words, this is about as bad as it gets in terms of fire weather,” the Los Angeles office of the National Weather Service said on X.
It comes less than a month after residents in Malibu were evacuated from a wind-driven blaze dubbed the Franklin Fire, which saw more than 4,000 acres burn and stars including Dick Van Dyke, Cher and Jane Seymour forced to leave their homes.
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