Wildfire rages through upscale Los Angeles area, forcing evacuations

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A wildfire burned about 80 hectares and threatened homes in an upscale section of Los Angeles on Tuesday (Jan 7), forcing evacuations after officials had already warned of extreme fire danger from dry, powerful winds.   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00A wildfire scorched 80 hectares and threatened homes in an upscale Los Angeles neighborhood

00:07on Tuesday, prompting evacuations amid warnings of extreme fire danger from dry, powerful

00:14winds.

00:15The Los Angeles Fire Department issued a mandatory evacuation order for a large area from Topanga

00:21Canyon Hills to the coastline as the Pacific Palisades fire burned between Santa Monica

00:26and Malibu.

00:28Massive smoke billowed from the hills as flames neared homes.

00:32The fire was driven by warm, dry Santa Ana winds from inland deserts to the coast.

00:39The world-famous Getty Villa was also threatened by the wildfire, which engulfed the area amid

00:44high winds, but its CEO, Catherine Fleming, confirmed the building was safe.

00:50The National Weather Service issued its highest alert for extreme fire conditions in Los Angeles

00:55County until Thursday.

00:57They predicted wind gusts of 80 to 130 kilometers per hour, with isolated gusts up to 160 kilometers

01:05per hour in the mountains and foothills.

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