A fast-moving wildfire has ravaged the wealthy Pacific Palisades neighborhood in Los Angeles, prompting immediate evacuation orders and causing chaos on the roads. Celebrities like Chris Pratt and Miles Teller have been forced to flee as the inferno spread, with authorities warning of an 'immediate threat to life.' The city has deployed bulldozers to clear abandoned vehicles from streets, allowing first responders easier access to the fire-stricken hills.
Residents in one of California 's ritziest neighborhoods have been warned their lives are at immediate risk as a wildfire rapidly rips through Los Angeles .
But the evacuation orders have sparked chaos on the roads, with a traffic gridlock only worsened by panicked residents choosing to abandon their cars and flee on foot. The apocalypic inferno has torn through Pacific Palisades, home to Chris Pratt and Miles Teller among other Hollywood A-listers Jonathan Vigliotti posted a video of a car burning uncontrollably in a driveway on X on Tuesday afternoon.'We were in a neighborhood as it went up in flames. Mass panic in the streets, and the worst of the wind will hit the Palisades Fire tonight,' he wrote on X.
The company expected the power to be out for at least eight hours and it could be longer if crews need daylight to visibly inspect power lines and equipment. The inspection is required before SCE will restore power.A person uses clothing to partially cover their face, as a wildfire breaks-out near Pacific Palisades
The 200-acre bush fire was first reported around 10:30am on Tuesday and authorities have described the flames as a blowtorch
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