A new fire broke out in the Hollywood Hills Wednesday night, adding to the devastation caused by three other blazes. Evacuations have expanded to Santa Monica as over 1,000 structures, mostly homes, have been destroyed and more than 130,000 people are under evacuation orders. Strong winds are easing, but firefighters continue to battle the flames, aided by crews from across California and beyond.
LOS ANGELES — A fast-moving fire in the Hollywood Hills erupted Wednesday night as more evacuations were ordered for Los Angeles residents and fire crews battled three other
A thick smoke wafted over many parts of Los Angeles. More than half a dozen schools in the area were either damaged or destroyed, including Palisades Charter High School, which has been featured in many Hollywood productions, including the 1976 horror movie “Carrie” and the TV series “Teen Wolf,” officials said.
On the Pacific Coast west of downtown Los Angeles, a major fire leveled entire blocks, reducing grocery stores and banks to rubble in the, a hillside area along the coast dotted with celebrity homes and memorialized by the Beach Boys in their 1960s hit “Surfin’ USA.” Beyond the burned areas, residents worked wearing N95 masks, unable to escape the toxic smoke wafting over huge sections of the city.The flames marched toward highly populated and affluent neighborhoods, including Calabasas and Santa Monica, home to California’s rich and famous.Billy Crystal and his wife Janice lost their home of 45 years in the Palisades Fire.
The fires have consumed a total of about 42 square miles — nearly the size of the entire city of San Francisco.Flames moved so quickly that many barely had time to escape. Police sought shelter inside their patrol cars, and residents at a senior living center were pushed in wheelchairs and hospital beds down a street to safety in the foothills northeast of LA.
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