City Of Malibu Urges Residents To Prepare To Leave Their Homes As Wildfires Ravage More Of LA; Sylmar Evacuation Ordered​on January 8, 2025 at 9:53 am

The wildfires in LA are spreading and in the past hour the City of Malibu X account has urged all residents to prepare to leave their homes. The post can be read below. The City has yet to issue a mandatory evacuation order but has urged residents to be ready as the Palisades Fire sweeping […]The wildfires in LA are spreading and in the past hour the City of Malibu X account has urged all residents to prepare to leave their homes. The post can be read below. The City has yet to issue a mandatory evacuation order but has urged residents to be ready as the Palisades Fire sweeping   

The wildfires in LA are spreading and in the past hour the City of Malibu X account has urged all residents to prepare to leave their homes. The post can be read below.

The City has yet to issue a mandatory evacuation order but has urged residents to be ready as the Palisades Fire sweeping across the state is “uncontained” and being “fueled by winds from Santa Ana.” Those who need extra time due to having pets or livestock were told to evacuate now.

All Malibu schools are closed today due to the continuing winds and the Palisades Fire, according to the Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District, along with other schools across the state.

The city of Santa Monica has issued an evacuation order for all areas of the city north of San Vicente.

Reports of injuries had earlier begun to filter out from the front lines of the Palisades Fire, which has destroyed many parts of its namesake enclave, including portions of Palisades Village and, up the coast a bit, The Reel Inn and Topanga Ranch Motel on PCH at Topanga Canyon Boulevard.

The size of the Palisades Fire and its evacuation zone had nearly doubled in size during a two-hour period last night. Another wildfire broke out in Eaton Canyon, near Pasadena, with local authorities forcing evacuations as a windstorm hits Southern California.

Mayor Karen Bass has just tweeted that mandatory evacuations are in place for the Hurst Fire in Sylmar. California Governor Gavin Newsom has posted overnight that more than 1400 firefighting personnel are combating the “unprecedented” fires. Strong winds are forecast to last into Thursday according to local weather reports.