More than 30,000 people evacuated as wildfire rips through Southern California

A wildfire fanned by harsh winds is sweeping through a Los Angeles enclave home to multiple celebrity residences.

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00:00A wildfire that spread as a result of extreme wind swept through the Pacific Palisades,

00:07a Los Angeles hillside home to many celebrity residences.

00:13Local officials said roughly 30,000 residents were under evacuation orders, some of who

00:17abandoned their cars and fled by foot due to clogged roads.

00:22While they could not give an exact number of structures damaged or destroyed, the Los

00:26Angeles Fire Chief said 10,000 homes were under threat by the fire.

00:33The blaze began around 10.30 in the morning after the start of the Santa Ana windstorm.

00:38The National Weather Service warned that the storm could be the strongest to hit Southern

00:41California in over a decade.

00:45Officials said the exact cause of the fire is still unknown, but that no injuries have

00:49been reported.

00:51The fire is expected to continue for a few days, including in areas that haven't seen

00:55substantial rain in months.