This is in Southern California where authorities say 70,000 people
in Los Angeles are under evacuation orders as wildfires threaten
to scorch homes there. Multiple massive wildfires tore across
the Los Angeles area with devastating force today, destroying
more than 1000 homes. In buildings and killing at
least 2 people. This is desperate residents escaped through
flames, ferocious winds, and towering clouds of smoke
in the Pacific Palisades, a neighborhood in Los Angeles
. Many people abandoned vehicles and ran for safety when
traffic crawled to a stop. When we got in
the car to go, um, and then all
the cars were abandoned, so I had nowhere to
go so I just had to get out of my
car and start walking. The smoke is so bad
. The home of Vice President Kamala Harris in Los
Angeles was included in one of the evacuation zones,
although no one was there, according to a spokesperson
for the VP.