WEB DESK: The Palisades Fire, the largest of six active blazes in the Los Angeles region, shifted east and triggered a new evacuation order that included much of the Brentwood neighborhood and parts of Encino.
The new flare-up was a “significant development,” said L.A. County spokesman Jesus Ruiz, with the fire rapidly growing and moving in the direction of “a heavily populated area we’re definitely concerned.”
The fires have killed at least 11 people and burned more than 37,000 acres an area bigger than San Francisco according to Cal Fire, with flames claiming more than 12,000 structures and displacing tens of thousands. The Palisades Fire is the largest at more than 21,000 acres, while the Eaton Fire has burned more than 14,000 acres. Those blazes are 11 percent and 15 percent contained, respectively.
