The size of the Palisades Fire and its evacuation zone have nearly doubled in size in just under two hours. From 1,260 acres just before 3 p.m. today, the fire exploded to 2,920 acres at 6:30 p.m. Likewise,

With winds forecast to increase to between 40 and 60 miles per hour later this afternoon, a wildfire is scorching a swath of Pacific Palisades near Temescal Canyon. While it began as a 10 acre blaze at about 10:30 a.

The entire community of Pacific Palisades is being told to “evacuate now” due to a rapidly spreading wildfire in the Los Angeles area. The Palisades Fire was first reported around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in the 1100 block of North Piedra Morada Drive.

By Tuesday, those winds had already fanned several blazes across the Los Angeles area, and by 3:30 p.m. local time, Pacific Palisades, a coastal neighborhood west of downtown Los Angeles, saw a 300 acre fire spread to more than 1,

A fast-moving wildfire broke out in Pacific Palisades on Tuesday morning, scorching more than 20 acres by 11 a.m. The blaze was first reported in the 1100 block of North Piedra Morada Drive. As of 11:50 a.