The city of Santa Monica has lifted all evacuation warnings and curfew within city limits, as fire crews continue to make progress in containing the Palisades Fire. City officials announced evacuation warnings would be lifted in all areas of Santa Monica north of San Vicente Boulevard.
A quick-moving wildfire broke out in the eastern Santa Monica Mountains on Tuesday morning amid extremely dangerous fire weather conditions in Southern California. Evacuations were issued near the Los Angeles neighborhood of Pacific Palisades.
Firefighters say 30,000 people are under mandatory evacuation orders. Over 100 vehicles were abandoned on the street as people attempted to evacuate on foot.
Containment of the deadly Palisades Fire rose to 43% with firefighters catching a break from the weather thanks to low clouds and good humidity.
The sole population of Southern California steelhead in the coastal range has survived flames and drought but finds itself facing another threat.
After killing at least nine people, the Palisades Fire continues to burn as residents remain under evacuation orders and warnings, with the next Santa Ana wind event continuing fire danger.
The Santa Monica Police Department arrested a dozen burglary suspects, all of whom live outside the Santa Monica area.
Coverage of the fires ravaging Altadena, Malibu, Pacific Palisades and Pasadena, including stories about the devastation, issues firefighters faced and the weather.
Evacuation orders are in place in the Pacific Palisades after a brush fire broke out in the area this morning.
The videos of the Pacific Palisades fire have taken over the internet, with the new updates around the disaster coming out consistently.
The Palisades Fire, which erupted on Tuesday, rapidly ballooned in size to cover more than 2,900 acres. Two new blazes—the Eaton Fire near Altadena and the Hurst Fire in Sylmar—also erupted late Tuesday. A Jewish Temple has been destroyed in Pasadena.
Fire crews braced for a second round of strong Santa Ana winds this week. So far, eight deaths have been confirmed from the Palisades Fire.