Tens of thousands of Southern Californians were ordered to flee their homes Tuesday after a brushfire exploded in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles.
Fueled by powerful Santa Ana winds and dry conditions, the Palisades Fire ignited Tuesday morning as a brushfire and had grown to nearly 3,000 acres by Tuesday evening.
Dramatic images showed pillars of smoke looming over the coastal neighborhood. Flames could be seen advancing toward, and people were captured fleeing the area on foot.
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A resident described the scene to NBC Los Angeles after her escape as “apocalyptic.”
A firefighter battles the advancing Palisades Fire as it burns a structure.
A brushfire burns near homes in Pacific Palisades.
Water is dropped on the advancing Palisades Fire.
Will Adams watches as flames from the Palisades Fire close in on his property.
People evacuate as a wildfire breaks out near Pacific Palisades.
A resident tries to protect his property from the flames closing in on homes threatened by the wind-driven Palisades Fire.
A brushfire burns near homes in Pacific Palisades.
People flee the advancing Palisades Fire by car and on foot.
Firefighters run as a brushfire burns in Pacific Palisades.
Firefighters work to extinguish flames engulfing a home.
People watch as others drive out of harm’s way.
Vehicles drive past flames from a wildfire.
A person uses clothing to partly cover their face.
A helicopter drops water on the advancing Palisades Fire.
A swimmer watches as a large dark plume of smoke from a wildfire passes over the beach.
Flames from the Palisades Fire descend along a road.
Firefighters stage in front of the advancing Palisades Fire.
People watch a brushfire burn.
Anne Tierney leaves her Sunset Boulevard apartment.
More than 10,000 homes are under threat, Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin M. Crowley told reporters Tuesday, and roughly 30,000 residents are under evacuation orders.
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