Latest news and live updates on the Pacific Palisades brush fire in California as evacuations and road closures are underway.

L.A. Fire Chief Kristin Crowley said the fire started in the 1100 block of North Piedra Miranda Drive near Fire Station 23 when winds were clocking at 25 mph, with gusts of up to 50 mph. Nearly 30,000 people were affected by evacuation-related orders, with 10,367 households threatened, officials said.

On January 7, 2025, in Santa Monica, California, USA, @uscbarry shared a video showing a view of the massive wildfire from the coast. In the video, the author notes the rapidly growing wildfire in the Pacific Palisades area.

Tens of thousands of people are under evacuation order as the Palisades Fire, Eaton Fire and Hurst Fire spread.

A CNN camera crew narrowly escaped an “apocalyptic, hellish” wildfire on Tuesday that continues to tear through Los Angeles amid a sustained and violent windstorm. Host Laura Coates played footage obtained by a crew including the network’s Los Angeles Correspondent Natasha Chen as they drove out of a smoke-filled inferno engulfing Santa Monica.

Thousands of people fled their homes as a brush fire in the Pacific Palisades quickly spread to 2,921 acres Tuesday, a blaze authorities said could grow further as even stronger winds are expected through the night.

Firefighters scrambled to corral a fast-moving wildfire in the Los Angeles hillsides dotted with celebrity homes as a potentially "life-threatening, destructive" windstorm hit Southern California on Tuesday,

The City of Los Angeles is responding to the Palisades Fire amidst the dangerous wind storm impacting the L.A. region. The Emergency Operations Center has been activated to a Level 2 in response to th

Staff Report. A wildfire in Pacific Palisades has burned over 2,921 acres. The fire began early today and spread quickly due to Santa Ana winds reaching 100 mph. Authorities issued mandatory evacuation orders for approximately 30,

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday that federal assistance has been secured to combat the rapidly spreading Palisades Fire in Los Angeles County, which has already burned more than 1,260 acres and threatens 6,