Fast-moving wildfire erupts in Pacific Palisades; homes threatened

LOS ANGELES (KTLA) - Residents are being told to hole to evacuate owed to a rapidly spreading wildfire successful the Pacific Palisades country of Los Angeles Tuesday morning.

The blaze was archetypal reported astir 10:30 a.m. arsenic a "vegetation fire" successful the 1100 artifact of North Piedra Morada Drive and had already grown to 200 acres arsenic of 11:45 a.m., according to Los Angeles Fire Department spokesperson Erik Scott.

"Fire is burning westward adjacent the Pacific Palisades Highlands assemblage with Rustic Canyon to the East & Topanga Cyn to the West are each nether Evacuation warning," Scott said.

More than 100 firefighters and pre-positioned onslaught teams were battling the blaze arsenic of 11:30 a.m., David Ortiz of the LAFD said.

“This is beauteous overmuch the worst imaginable script for a firefight," said Ortiz. Video from Alert California showed a ample plume of fume rising implicit the Santa Monica Mountains.

"Those adjacent the Palisades Fire should get acceptable for a imaginable evacuation," the metropolis of Los Angeles posted connected X earlier. Ortiz described the occurrence arsenic a blowtorch and urged residents to travel orders if asked to leave. "Do not basal successful the mode of this fire," helium said.

No homes were reported to beryllium burning but Ortiz stressed that the firefight was conscionable beginning.

Pacific Palisades is located astir 10 miles from Malibu, wherever the Franklin Fire burned much than 4,000 acres and burned respective homes aft erupting during akin windy conditions successful December.

Updates from the Fire Department tin beryllium recovered connected its alerts leafage here.

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