A fire sparked in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on Thursday, prompting the evacuation of thousands of residents. Intense winds fueled the blaze, which quickly grew and threatened upscale homes. Residents fled down Sunset Boulevard, many becoming stranded in traffic. Actor Eugene Levy, the honorary mayor of Pacific Palisades, was among those caught in the evacuation chaos.
Thousands of Pacific Palisades residents were urged to evacuate Thursday as fire exploded amid intense winds. The current honorary mayor of the celebrity-studded Los Angeles neighborhood, actor Eugene Levy, was fleeing along with other residents. And like many others, the 'Schitt's Creek' actor was stuck in traffic. “The smoke looked pretty black and intense over Temescal Canyon,” Levy told The Times. “I couldn’t see any flames but the smoke was very dark.
It quickly exploded, she said. As she rushed to evacuate, her husband stayed behind to help a disabled neighbor escape. Firefighters began directing traffic, but Goldsmith decided to ditch her car in the grass and decided to walk down to the shore. As she waited at Sunset Beach, her husband was still stuck up the hill. Residents said when officials first issued evacuation orders, the fire quickly jumped from five miles up Palisades Drive to just half a mile, near Cavlary Christian School.
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