LA fires: evacuation orders expand as Santa Ana winds are expected to pick up

(Guardian UK) Evacuations have been ordered for areas of Los Angeles east of the uncontained Palisades fire – as the Santa Ana winds that initially fueled the four-day inferno are expected to moderately pick up.

The Los Angeles fire department issued a new immediate evacuation order at 7pm local time on Friday to areas that cover Sunset Boulevard north to the Encino reservoir and from the 405 Freeway west to Mandeville Canyon.

The evacuation order covers parts of the Brentwood – one of the city’s most affluent areas – and Encino neighborhoods in west LA after the fire department warned that the Palisades fire, now at 21,596 acres, saw a “significant flare-up” on Friday evening.

The area was already under an evacuation warning, but it is now an immediate evacuation order. ..................(more)

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/11/california-wildfires-evacuation-orders-expand