The Palisades Fire broke out around 10:30 a.m. Pacific Time and quickly ballooned to 200 acres. Mandatory evacuation orders were issued for the area all the way down to the Pacific Ocean.
Warm, dry Santa Ana winds from the deserts of Nevada and Utah are expected to bring gusts up to 100 mph to Southern California through Wednesday morning.
The National Weather Service called the windstorm 'life-threatening and destructive' and warned that these could be the strongest north winds in 14 years.
Residents experienced slow-moving lines of cars evacuating beneath a smoky haze and bright-orange flames licking the hillside in the distance.
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