More Than 30,000 Evacuated in LA
At least 30,000 residents were under an evacuation order due to a series of wildfires around the Los Angeles area on Wednesday morning, authorities say.
A rapidly growing wildfire raged across an upscale section of Los Angeles on Tuesday, destroying numerous buildings and creating traffic jams as more than 30,000 people evacuated. Meanwhile, a second blaze doubled in size some 30 miles inland.
Nearly 3,000 acres of the Pacific Palisades area between the coastal towns of Santa Monica and Malibu had been burned by the Palisades Fire as of Wednesday morning, officials said, after they had already warned of extreme fire danger from powerful winds that arrived following extended dry weather….