Los Angeles, California — A wildfire raging in the mountains above the Pacific Palisades amid extreme winds Tuesday morning threatened homes and evacuated local public schools.
The fire started in brush above Palisades Drive near the Paseo Miramar area and quickly spread.
A witness told Breitbart News that he saw houses and cars on fire and that embers spread across the canyon to near Marques Knolls.
The flames moved quickly. 1 local resident reported People on Palisades Drive simply abandoned their cars and ran toward the ocean.
There have been no reports of injuries or deaths, and the cause of the fire has not yet been reported.
Residents were forced to quickly pack up and leave the area. In the Los Angeles Unified School District, parents were required to fill out paperwork before picking up their children, which some were upset about taking up valuable time.
Traffic quickly backed up along Sunset Boulevard and Palisades Drive as residents and emergency vehicles jockeyed for space. However, residents remained calm, with many calling out to each other from their cars and offering help if needed.
An extreme weather warning had been issued for the area, with strong north-northeast winds expected from Tuesday morning into Wednesday evening.
The past two winters have been wet, so in theory the bushes are less dry than before, but there's a lot more bush than before. In addition, there has not been much rain this winter yet.
A massive fire in Malibu last month threatened Pepperdine University, but no one was killed.
Joel B. Pollack is a senior editor at Breitbart News. Breitbart News Sunday Sunday nights from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM ET (4:00 PM to 7:00 PM PT) on Sirius XM Patriot. he is the author of Agenda: What should President Trump do in his first 100 days in office?available for pre-order on Amazon. He is also the author of Trumpian Virtues: Lessons and Legacy of the Donald Trump Presidencynow available on Audible. He is the recipient of the 2018 Robert Novak Journalism Alumni Fellowship. Follow him on Twitter @joelpolak.
