Wildfires are tearing through thousands of acres in Los Angeles County in California, as strong Santa Ana winds stoke the blazes.
The Palisades Fire has impacted nearly 16,000 acres, the Eaton Fire has impacted 10,600 acres, and the Hurst Fire has spread over more than 500 acres. The Woodley and Lidia fires added more than 100 additional acres to the total affected area.
Each of the fires is 0% contained, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or CalFire.
Evacuation alerts
Evacuation orders from CalFire have been issued in the areas surrounding the Palisades, Eaton and Hurst fires.
Orders to evacuate in the Pacific Palisades, Topanga and eastern Malibu region reach to the Carbon Beach Terrace on the west side of the blaze. To the east and southeast, evacuation orders cover the Riviera, Rustic Canyon and Wilshire Montana regions, stretching to San Vincente Boulevard.
Orders to evacuate from the Eaton Fire are stretching through Altadena, La Cañada Flintridge, and large swaths of Pasadena and Glendale.
Orders to evacuate from the Hurst Fire are stretching through the suburban neighborhoods of Sylmar in Los Angeles, Whitney Canyon Park and Elsmere Canyon.
Residents can check for evacuation zones on CalFire’s interactive, updated map here: here.
Power outages
Nearly 1.2 million customers are without power in California, according to poweroutage.us. Los Angeles County residents alone represent more than 956,000 of the customers facing outages.
About 31,810 customers in San Bernardino County; 28,092 in Riverside County; 13,954 in Orange County, 54,362 in Ventura County and 9,341 in San Diego County were affected as of Wednesday afternoon.
Smoke and air quality
Across Southern California, residents are facing air quality conditions deemed hazardous by the U.S. Air Quality Index from the Environmental Protection Agency.
From Los Angeles to Pasadena, near the Eaton blaze, air sensors are picking up “hazardous” to “very unhealthy” conditions. Other surrounding areas — including near Redondo Beach, Torrance, and some parts of Los Angeles are also deemed “unhealthy.”
The EPA urges residents to wear N95 respirators to protect their lungs from smoke, limit time spent outdoors in the open air, and use an air purifier to reduce smoke particles indoors.
Check updated local air quality here.
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