The fire forced residents, including some celebrities, to flee the seaside neighborhood, which is on the west side of Los Angeles. The scenic Sunset Boulevard became an escape route. Cars clogged the road on Tuesday, all headed away from Pacific Palisades except for the emergency vehicles that wailed their way toward the blaze.
In the Palisades Highlands, a neighborhood at the edge of Topanga State Park, the means of escape were very limited. There's basically one road into the Highlands and one road out, said Melissa Grant, a lawyer who lives in a wood-frame townhouse there.
Afraid to go home, Ms. Grant tried her luck on a local fire road. But it too had become a dead end, blocked by locks and chains. So Ms. Grant found shelter with nearby homeowners who seemed distant enough from the flames, at least for the moment.
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