The Palisades fire caused panic in Los Angeles

The whole Pacific Palisades district, where the average property sells for $3.4 million, according to Zillow, as well as eastern Malibu were under evacuation orders.

A fast-growing wildfire in a posh neighborhood of Los Angeles has burned houses and displaced thousands of residents. Overnight, the situation will get worse, firefighters have warned. Nearly 30,000 residents of the Pacific Palisades enclave were ordered to evacuate after a fire started in the community's undergrowth on Tuesday. Chaos and traffic bottlenecks resulted from the evacuation, and several people abandoned their automobiles on the winding roads of the highlands. The fire moved from Will Rogers State Beach to the Pacific Coast Highway, according to KABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News.

Cranes and bulldozers have been sent in to clear abandoned cars that are obstructing vital evacuation and firefighting routes as the fire spreads. Actor Steve Guttenberg has advised locals who abandon their cars on little roads to keep their car keys inside. "This is not a parking lot," he said. Leave the keys in your car if you must leave it behind so that someone like me can move it and make room for fire engines. According to California Governor Gavin Newsom, the fire has killed "several buildings." He went on to say, "We are by no means out of danger." Newsom went on to say that because of the high winds, firefighters expect more fires to start around the area.

Southern California's wildfire is getting worse.

It like a scene from a movie, Kearns remarked. "As if the world were ending

About 3,000 acres have been burned, and the fire is still out of control. At a press conference, Kristin Crowley, the chief of the Los Angeles Fire Department, said that more than 13,000 buildings are under danger. As of yet, no injuries have been reported. Red flag warnings have been issued by the U.S. National Weather Service from the coast of central California to the border between the United States and Mexico. In places like Malibu, Hollywood Hills, Beverly Hills, and the heavily populated San Fernando Valley, "particularly dangerous conditions," the highest fire alert category, are in effect.

With wind gusts of up to 100 miles per hour (161 kilometers per hour) in some mountainous and foothill regions, the National Weather Service predicts that widespread and severe storms may intensify over night. The San Fernando Valley and the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains are predicted to experience the heaviest gusts of wind, which are predicted to peak between Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon. Residents should brace themselves for extensive power outages and the possibility of fallen trees and electrical lines, according to weather forecasters.

Anthony Marrone, the fire chief for Los Angeles County, cautioned that if winds increase, it will be extremely challenging to employ airborne resources to combat the fire at night since water and fire retardants become less efficient. "Flying at night is more dangerous than flying during the day," he stated. As experts warned of "life-threatening and destructive" Santa Ana windstorms that might linger for many days, the fire broke out in Southern California. For months, there has been virtually no rain in the area, so the grass and bushes are ready to catch fire.

In places like Malibu, Hollywood Hills, Beverly Hills, and the heavily populated San Fernando Valley, "particularly dangerous conditions," the highest fire alert category, are in effect.

On Tuesday, residents of Los Angeles saw scenes straight out of a disaster film. A firefighting plane was seen flying over the ocean from the Venice Beach Boardwalk, collecting water and releasing it over the Palisades. Smoke rose in the horizon as surfers drifted in the Pacific Ocean. Screaming emergency notifications on cell phones caused runners and cyclists along the Santa Monica shoreline to stop. Nearly all of the Santa Monica Mountains' ridgeline was covered with smoke.

The Getty Villa museum, which houses a collection of Greek and Roman antiquities, was in danger of being destroyed by the fire. In a statement, J. Paul Getty Trust President and CEO Katherine E. Fleming said, "The staff and collection are safe, but some trees and vegetation on-site have burned." At 11 a.m., Mike Kearns, a 62-year-old longtime resident of Venice, saw smoke plumes rising from the hills as he was leaving a doctor's visit in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood. After ten minutes he turned to see the whole mountainside engulfed in smoke.

It like a scene from a movie, Kearns remarked. "As if the world were ending."

The whole Pacific Palisades district, where the average property sells for $3.4 million, according to Zillow, as well as eastern Malibu were under evacuation orders.

In an attempt to stop wildfires, Southern California Edison, the biggest company in the area, turned off electricity to some 17,700 residences and businesses. According to the utility, an additional 438,000 customers might lose power if the Santa Ana winds get especially strong. About 28,000 customers were without power by 5 p.m. local time, according to the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, a municipal utility. Winds are predicted to lessen somewhat by Wednesday afternoon, but they might not completely stop until at least Saturday, according to the Weather Service.