Numerous heartbreaking videos have surfaced online showing the devastation caused by the Pacific Palisades wildfires in real time as gale-force winds bring hell to the luxurious Los Angeles area.
California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency on Tuesday as the fast-moving fire forced about 30,000 LA residents to evacuate their homes and scorched 2,900 acres. A second fire broke out hours later in nearby Altadena.
Dramatic footage shared by local reporters at the scene showed complete destruction in all directions as flames burned homes and lit up dark skies, with embers carried by winds expected to increase up to 160 miles per hour overnight. I can see what's happening.
clip Posted by CBS News Correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti shows a block where every house is on fire. Some houses are completely destroyed.
Vigliotti described the community in the heart of Pacific Palisades. As a “total loss” He said firefighters at the scene were struggling to prevent the fire from spreading to nearby areas and were not even trying to extinguish the burning houses.
Fox LA reporter Matthew Seedorf Shared multiple video dispatches From around the Pacific Palisades area. Block after block of luxury homes are shown on fire, as alarms and crackling flames fill an eerily quiet and empty neighborhood.
Seedorf initially tweeted the number of homes affected by the fire. There were 20 cases in one block, but I stopped counting.
“The surrounding area is devastated. I forgot to count the number of buildings that were hit by fire,” he said. I wrote to X.
KTLA live video Several explosions were captured on the broadcast as the out-of-control inferno consumed nearly every building in its path.
Businesses and at least two school buildings were also set ablaze.
another Clips shared on X Two masked men can be seen running from the house as fire alarms go off, with towering flames engulfing surrounding houses and trees. They wanted to save as much as they could, but decided it was too dangerous to stay any longer.
“Okay, hey, let's get out of here. We tried, brother. I'm sorry,” Tanner Charles told the landlord as he ran out of the house. “I have to get out of here.”
As they run out onto the street, dozens of glowing embers fly through the air, lighting new fires everywhere.
a video taken from the roof Footage taken outside the area by Mike Rowe of the hit TV show “Dirty Jobs” shows a plume of smoke towering over the Los Angeles skyline.
