Essential phone numbers for Los Angeles-area residents and how you can help them
Emergency and useful phone numbers to have if you are a Los Angeles-area resident, as well as additional information on how to help those impacted by the wildfires.
Emergency evacuation alert sent in error to large number of Los Angeles residents
An alert to evacuate from the Los Angeles County Fire Department on Thursday afternoon appeared to have been sent in error.
Where are wildfires around Los Angeles? See maps of blazes that could get worse
Thousands of people have been forced to flee after "unprecedented" Palisades, Eaton and Hurst fires ravage Los Angeles County.
Evacuation Alert Was Mistakenly Sent to All of Los Angeles County
The emergency alert caused confusion for untold residents for more about 20 minutes until a second message was sent announcing the error.
All of Los Angeles County receives evacuation alert in error
Los Angeles County officials accidentally sent an evacuation text to all residents in error on Thursday evening as wildfires continue to spread rapidly throughout the area. The city’s emergency management department retracted the statement on X and in text messages to residents.
Hear from Los Angeles residents seeking shelter from wildfires
More than 100,000 people were told to leave their homes as wildfires burn uncontained in the greater Los Angeles area.
New LA-area fire prompts more evacuations while over 10,000 structures lost to the 2 biggest blazes
Major fires have killed seven people, ravaged communities from the Pacific Coast to Pasadena, and sent thousands of people frantically fleeing their homes.
Emergency declared as "apocalyptic" fire engulfs wealthy Los Angeles neighborhood
We’ve declared a state of emergency to amplify our response to this devastating fire and clear a path for a rapid recovery,” Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said in a statemen
Los Angeles Evacuations Rise to 180,000 as Fires Keep Burning
The deadly fires in Los Angeles are forcing tens of thousands more residents from their homes as firefighters struggle to bring the blazes under control.
Unprecedented deadly wildfires devastate Los Angeles: 'Everything was on fire'
Survivors of multiple massive wildfires that simultaneously erupted in Los Angeles County described apocalyptic scenes.
‘We’ve Lost Everything’: Los Angeles Residents Reel From Wildfires
Fires in parts of Los Angeles destroyed 2,000 structures and burned through 27,000 acres, equivalent to nearly 20,000 football fields.
At Los Angeles emergency shelters, wildfire evacuees turn to community help amid uncertainty
"It’s hard to see, because there’s so much pain and suffering,” said one local, who dropped off toys at the Westwood ...
Kenneth Fire Map, Updates as Los Angeles Threatened by New Blaze
At least 10 people have been killed as a result of the wildfires, the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner said ...
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LA wildfire death toll rises to 10 as Biden declares a major emergency
Officials increased the official death toll from this week's Los Angeles wildfires to 10, but cautioned the actual number of ...
City-wide emergency alert in Los Angeles sent in error to millions
An alert designated to warn people of a fire northwest of downtown Los Angeles went sent county-wide, according to a local ...
Another evacuation alert sent in error to phones of Los Angeles County residents
A second alert followed the first, explaining that it was meant only for people near the Kenneth Fire, a new brush fire that ...
Starlink enables satellite-texting in Los Angeles with T-Mobile, offers free terminals and service
SpaceX is providing free Starlink internet terminals and service as LA wildfire response, along with Direct-to-cell texting ...
FEMA assistance available for those affected by Los Angeles fires
The Federal Emergency Management Agency released an assistance guide for those affected by the wildfires in the Los Angeles ...
Death toll rises to 5 in Los Angeles; flames threaten Hollywood Hills
The death toll in the devastating California wildfires has risen to five, as the flames continue to engulf the Los Angeles ...