Nearly 180,000 people have already been sent mandatory evacuation orders amid the destructive wildfires raging across Los Angeles, causing traffic jams as people attempt to flee. But many more residents across the 9.6-million-population county were mistakenly sent an evacuation warning Thursday evening, potentially inciting unnecessary panic and stirring further criticism of state and local officials. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] “This is an emergency message from the Los Angeles County Fire Department,” a county-wide alert read just before 4 p.m.
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Chad de Guzman, Time
Thu, 01/09/2025 - 11:00pm
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