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LOS ANGELES – The rapidly spreading Palisades Fire consumed over 1,200 acres since erupting around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday morning in L.A.’s Pacific Palisades neighborhood.

An extreme Santa Ana wind event is fueling the fire; wind speeds are expected to reach up to 100 miles per hour in some parts of Southern California, and the National Weather Service has described the wind as “life-threatening.”

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    Plumes of smoke are seen as a brush fire burns in Pacific Palisafes, California on January 7, 2025. A fast-moving brushfire in a Los Angeles suburb burned buildings and sparked evacuations Tuesday as “life threatening” winds whipped the region. More than 200 acres (80 hectares) was burning in Pacific Palisades, a upscale spot with multi-million dollar homes in the Santa Monica Mountains, shuttering a key highway and blanketing the area with thick smoke. (Photo by David Swanson / AFP) (Photo by DAVID SWANSON/AFP via Getty Images)
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    Plumes of smoke are seen as a brush fire burns in Pacific Palisades as seen from Santa Monica, California on January 7, 2025. (Getty Images)
  • The Palisades Fire burns on Jan. 7, 2025. (KTLA)
  • The Palisades Fire burns on Jan. 7, 2025. (KTLA)
  • The Palisades Fire burns on Jan. 7, 2025. (KTLA)
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    The Palisades Fire burns on Jan. 7, 2025. (KTLA)
  • The Palisades Fire burns on Jan. 7, 2025. (KTLA)
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    The Palisades Fire burns on Jan. 7, 2025. (KTLA)
  • The Palisades Fire burns on Jan. 7, 2025. (KTLA)
  • Palisades Fire
    The Palisades Fire burns on Jan. 7, 2025. (KTLA)
  • Palisades Fire
    The Palisades Fire burns on Jan. 7, 2025. (KTLA)
  • The Palisades Fire burns on Jan. 7, 2025. (KTLA)
  • The Palisades Fire burns on Jan. 7, 2025. (KTLA)
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    View of the Palisades Fire from LAX on Jan. 7, 2025. (KTLA)
  • Heavy smoke from a brush fire in the Pacific Palisades rises over the Pacific Coast Highway in Santa Monica, Calif., on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo)
  • The Palisades Fire burns on Jan. 7, 2025. (KTLA)
  • The Palisades Fire burns on Jan. 7, 2025. (KTLA)
  • Smoke from a brush fire in the Pacific Palisades rises over the 405 freeway in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
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    An ALERTCalifornia camera view of a brush fire in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles County. Jan. 7, 2024. (ALERTCalifornia)
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    An ALERTCalifornia camera view of a brush fire in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles County. Jan. 7, 2024. (ALERTCalifornia)
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    A fire burning in Pacific Palisades is seen on Jan. 7, 2024. (ALERT California)
  • The Palisades Fire burns on Jan. 7, 2025. (KTLA)
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    A fire burning in Pacific Palisades is seen on Jan. 7, 2024. (ALERT California)
  • The Palisades Fire burns on Jan. 7, 2025. (KTLA)
  • The Palisades Fire burns on Jan. 7, 2025. (KTLA)
  • The Palisades Fire burns on Jan. 7, 2025. (KTLA)
  • The Palisades Fire burns on Jan. 7, 2025. (KTLA)
  • The Palisades Fire burns on Jan. 7, 2025. (KTLA)
  • The Palisades Fire burns on Jan. 7, 2025. (KTLA)
  • The Palisades Fire burns on Jan. 7, 2025. (KTLA)
  • A firefighter tries to extinguish a fire as it damages a property in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
  • Governor Govin Newsom surveys the damage as the growing Palisades Fire prompts widspread evacuations on Jan. 7, 2025. (KTLA)
    Governor Govin Newsom surveys the damage as the growing Palisades Fire prompts widspread evacuations on Jan. 7, 2025. (KTLA)
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    Flames and smoke from the Pacific Palisades fire can be seen on the hills behind homes in Santa Monica, Calif. Tuesday Jan. 7, 2025 (Photo by /San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)
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    The Palisades Fire burns near homes amid a powerful windstorm on January 7, 2025 in Pacific Palisades, California. (Getty Images)
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    Flames rise as the Palisades Fire advances on homes in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
  • A residence burns as the Palisades Fire advances in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
  • Water is dropped on the advancing Palisades Fire by helicopter in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
  • Will Adams watches as flames from the Palisades Fire close in on his property in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
  • A firefighter hoses down flames from the Palisades Fire in front of a residence in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
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    A massive bulldozer shoved abandoned vehicles near the Palisades Fire on Jan. 7, 2024. (KTLA)
  • A vehicle in the 300 block of Paseo Miramar erupts in flames on Jan. 7, 2025. (TNLA)
  • A vehicle in the 300 block of Paseo Miramar erupts in flames on Jan. 7, 2025. (TNLA)
  • Flames seen behind firehouse 23 along Sunset Boulevard in Pacific Palisades on Jan. 7, 2025. (TNLA)
  • The Palisades Fire burns a residence in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)

A smaller wind-fueled blaze was reported in the Santa Ana Riverbed in Colton around 5 a.m. Tuesday but was quickly extinguished. On the other hand, mountain communities woke up to snow on Tuesday morning, and further inland, drivers had to navigate slick roads due to rainfall.

The combination of weather patterns caused KTLA 5 meteorologist Henry DiCarlo to state Tuesday morning: “This is a rather bizarre forecast.”

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