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California wildfires: Aerial view of Palisades fire
Mark Viniello captured the video of the wildfire tearing across the LA neighborhood. He was flying to the Hollywood Burbank Airport from Denver, but was diverted to LAX, according to Storyful.
LOS ANGELES (FOX 9) - A plane passenger captured video of the massive Palisades fire as they were landing at Los Angeles International Airport Tuesday evening.
Video shows how big Palisades Fire is
What we know:
Mark Viniello captured the video of the wildfire that's tearing across the LA neighborhood. He was flying to the Hollywood Burbank Airport from Denver, but was diverted to LAX, according to Storyful.
The Palisades Fire broke out around 10:30 a.m. local time on Tuesday and had burned nearly 3,000 acres with 0% containment as of Wednesday morning.
Several evacuation orders and warnings were put in place, including Malibu, Pacific Palisades and Santa Monica, according to FOX 11.
Over 100 cars were abandoned on the road as people fled on foot, the news station reported. The traffic jam that occurred on Palisades Drive prevented emergency vehicles from getting through. A bulldozer was brought in to push the abandoned cars to the side and create a path.
Multiple fires burning in Los Angeles area
Local perspective:
Several wildfires continued to burn across the Los Angeles area on Wednesday, destroying homes and businesses, closing schools, clogging roadways and forcing tens of thousands of people to flee.
More than 30,000 residents were under evacuation orders on Wednesday morning.
In addition to the Palisades Fire, a second fire, dubbed the Eaton Fire, started Tuesday evening near Pasadena. FOX 11 Los Angeles’ crew was at the scene in Altadena as a group of nursing home residents were being evacuated from the area. In addition to family members and loved ones living in nursing homes, animals were also seen being escorted out of the dangerous fire.
Two people died as a result of that fire, county officials confirmed Wednesday morning.
Meanwhile, firefighters were battling a third blaze, called the Hurst Fire, that started around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday. It quickly prompted evacuations in Sylmar, a San Fernando Valley community that is the northernmost neighborhood in Los Angeles.
Two additional fires, the Tyler Fire in Riverside County, and the Woodley Fire around the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve in Encino, began Wednesday morning – adding to the dire situation for firefighters.