Residents and Celebrities Evacuate as Wildfire Sweeps Through Los Angeles.

On Tuesday night, January 7, a catastrophic fire broke out in adjacent Altadena hours after a wildfire engulfed the Pacific Palisades, forcing inhabitants of Los Angeles, including celebrities, to abandon their homes.


After landing in the Pacific Palisades region and speaking with firefighters battling the fire, California Governor Gavin Newsom issued a state of emergency.


Newsom issued a warning, saying, “We are by no means out of bed.” He discovered “not a few – many structures already destroyed,” according to Newsom.

James Woods, an Emmy-winning actor, stated on X that his neighbour lost their house after he fled, and that tens of thousands have left the county.


After leaving their automobiles in the street, some locals even escaped on foot, unintentionally posing challenges to firemen battling the fire.


“We looked across and the fire had jumped from one side of the road to the other side of the road,” Kelsey Trainor said. 


“People were getting out of the cars with their dogs and babies and bags, they were crying and screaming. The road was just blocked like full-on blocked for an hour.” 


 
Will Adams, another neighbour, claimed that while his wife was attempting to flee, embers flew into her car. Adams stated that she and numerous other residents walked down towards the water until it was safe to do so, adding, “She got out of her car and left it running.”


A bulldozer was sent in to assist in pushing cars aside while locals tried to figure out how to navigate the streets, which had swiftly become parking lots.


“Police Academy” star Steve Guttenberg came in out of the blue to help drive abandoned vehicles off the road. 


“We really need people to move their cars. So if you leave your car behind, leave the key in there so a guy like me can move your car so that these fire trucks can get up there,” the 66-year-old pleaded. 

“It’s really, really important,” he told KTLA. 

 
“I would have an ask that if you would, please do everything you can to open up the streets so we can get the resources we need to be able to deal with this emergency.” 


Parts of neighbouring Santa Monica were under evacuation orders by late Tuesday evening local time. With the fire showing no signs of abating, the Los Angeles Fire Department asked all off-duty personnel to indicate “their availability for recall.”


Smoke rises from the flaming hillside close to the Pacific Palisades community in the Santa Monica Mountains, according to a live video feed from UC San Diego.


According to the LAFD, the wind drove the fire forward, causing it to spread to an astounding 200 acres in just one hour. Since the fire was still spreading, all nearby households had been told to “leave now.”