Apocalyptic footage shows the scale of LA wildfires as more than 130,000 people were forced to evacuate their homes.
There have been multiple fires causing serious destruction across California. One impacted many celebrity homes, after the flames tore through the Pacific Palisades.
Another broke out on 7 January near a nature reserve on the north east side of the city.
The Eaton Fire forced staff at a senior living center to push dozens of residents in wheelchairs and hospital beds down the street to a parking lot. From there, the residents waited for ambulances to evacuate them from the area. https://t.co/ej8PfNvzpj pic.twitter.com/XlREJNhVdJ
— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) January 8, 2025
Residents of a care home were seen being pushed down the street in hospital beds and wheelchairs in order to get them to safety as fast as possible.
One women spoke to the LA Times after getting trapped between Sunset Boulevard and Palisades Drive. She said the fire broke out near the Starbucks and that police were seen running down the street yelling at drivers to abandon their vehicles and ‘run for your lives’.
The LA Fire Department put out a call to ask off-duty firefights to step in and help.
Strong wind has spread the fire, making things even more dangerous and harder to control.
Reaching gusts of around 100mph has also meant that homes have lost power as well as around 15,000 homes having their power shut off to avoid starting any more fires.
KTLA 5 News photojournalist Paul Sanchez recorded this video from an airplane flying over the #PalisadesFire.
Live updates: https://t.co/7YD7QVAYcu pic.twitter.com/qn8GQuricu— KTLA (@KTLA) January 8, 2025
Prayers to all impacted.
