Wildfires tore across the Los Angeles area with devastating force on Wednesday after setting off a desperate escape from burning homes through flames, ferocious winds and towering clouds of smoke. Flames broke out on Tuesday evening near a nature preserve in the inland foothills northeast of LA while another blaze that started hours earlier ripped through the city’s Pacific Palisades neighborhood.

Other fires erupted here and there across the foothills and valleys of greater Los Angeles. Pasadena, a city in the northeast foothills of Los Angeles County, was ablaze. The destruction is so fresh,

In the frantic haste to get to safety from the Palisades Fire, roadways became impassable when scores of people abandoned their vehicles and fled on foot, some toting suitcases.

Three fires prompted fire officials to issue a swath of evacuation orders and warnings for some of the city’s most heavily residential areas.

Strong winds in Los Angeles are stoking fires in the area, with Pacific Palisades and Altadena blazes causing massive evacuations.

Tens of thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate their homes as a wildfire spreads rapidly in the hillsides of Los Angeles. The flames have been fanned by a fierce windstorm and forecasters say the conditions could last for days.

At least 18 of the 80 school districts in the county announced that schools would be closed and urged parents to take precautions as at least four wildfires burned.

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