New round of evacuation orders lifted as LA mayor names chief recovery officer

The brush fire burning in the Pacific Palisades area has scorched at least 2,921 acres. Several mandatory evacuation orders remain in place.

The Eaton Fire in the Altadena area exploded to 1,000 acres early Wednesday morning.

Dozens of homes in Hastings Ranch were severely damaged due to the rapid growing fire.

Video from the scene showed many homes on Startouch Drive up in flames. No apparent active firefight was seen at the time.

One of the homes was seen completely engulfed in flames, with just the chimney standing, while other homes seemed to be untouched.

Mandatory evacuations

• All residents living north of Sierra Madre, east of Allen and west of Santa Anita Drive

• North of New York Drive, East of Altadena Drive, West of Sierra Madre Villa Ave

• East Altadena Drive

• Kinneloa Canyon Road

• Outpost Lane

• Glen Springs Road

• Coolidge Avenue

• Miranda

• Roosevelt Avenue

• Veranda

• Kenclare

• Fox Ridge Drive

• Canyon Close Road

• Grand Oaks Avenue

Evacuation warning

• All residents south of Sierra Madre to I-210, Lake Street to Santa Anita Avenue.

Evacuation centers

• Pasadena Convention Center - 300 E Green St, Pasadena, CA 91101

1. Parking is available at the parking structure across the street from the Convention Center, located at 155 E. Green St. Please enter from Marengo Ave. The Humane Society is on-site to accept small pets for boarding. Service animals will be allowed inside the Convention Center.Residents are able to call 211 for information regarding shelters, and social and health services.

• Westwood Recreation Center - 1350 Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90025

• El Camino Real Charter High School - 5440 Valley Circle Blvd, Woodland Hills, CA 91367

The Hurst Fire in Sylmar has grown to 500 acres and is 0% contained as of early Wednesday morning, according to CalFire.

Evacuation centers have been set up at Ritchie Valens Recreation Center, Northridge Park and the Sepulveda Recreation Center, according to the Angeles National Forest.

Evacuation warnings are in effect for areas of Santa Clarita, along Calgrove Boulevard and the Newhall Pass, Wildwood and Eternal Valley, according to Cal Fire.

The eastbound 210 Freeway in Sylmar is closed and the connector to the southbound 5 Freeway is closed. The 14 Freeway is closed.

City News Service contributed to this report.

Thousands of people in Los Angeles County are without power. As of early Wednesday morning, about 220,039 customers were without power in the county, according to the tracking website PowerOutage.us.