California wildfires live updates: 179,000 under evacuation orders; L.A. County sheriff says some areas look ‘like a bomb was dropped’
Sheriff Robert Luna said 179,783 people are under evacuation orders due to the Palisades, Eaton, Hurst and Lidia fires in Los Angeles County. Another 200,000 residents are under evacuation warnings.
Maps: See how large the California wildfires are
The largest of the blazes, the Palisades Fire, is more than 24 square miles. That’s larger than land size of Providence, Rhode Island. The Palisades Fire has grown quickly, more than doubling in size ...