At Least 11 Dead and 10,000 Structures Destroyed as Los Angeles Wildfires Enter Day 4

150,000 locals are under evacuation orders as a second all-county emergency alert jolted people from their sleep early Friday morning

Sunset Blvd., Palisades Fire
Flames from the Palisades Fire burns a building at Sunset Boulevard amid a powerful windstorm on Jan. 8, 2025 in the Pacific Palisades (Photo by Apu Gomes/Getty Images)
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UPDATE: 9:00 p.m. PT:

The battle against the Palisades Fire is far from over, and on Friday night the blaze crossed the ridge of the Santa Monica Mountains and is now edging closer to neighborhoods in the San Fernando Valley.

Authorities have ordered new mandatory evacuations for people living between Sunset Blvd in the south and the Encino Reservoir in the north, and from
the 405 Freeway in the east to Mandeville Canyon in the west.

While the fires have not yet reached Encino, theyare starkly visible against the night sky, these photos, taken by TheWrap’s Alexei Barrionuevo in nearby Sherman Oaks, demonstrates:

The Palisades Fire as seen from Sherman Oaks
View of the Palisades Fire as seen looking southwest toward the Santa Monica Mountains from Sherman Oaks.

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