An Associated Press analysis of emergency communications shows that the first evacuation order covering neighborhoods closest to the start of the devastating Pacific Palisades wildfire didn’t come until about 40 minutes after some of those homes were already burning.

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AP Explains: Homes were burning and roads were jammed when Pacific Palisades evacuation order came

Name: AP Explains: Homes were burning and roads were jammed when Pacific Palisades evacuation order came
Uploaded: 2025-01-18T02:36:14.394Z
Duration: 3 min 12 s
Description: An Associated Press analysis of emergency communications shows that the first evacuation order covering neighborhoods closest to the start of the devastating Pacific Palisades wildfire didn’t come until about 40 minutes after some of those homes were already burning.

An Associated Press analysis of emergency communications shows that the first evacuation order covering neighborhoods closest to the start of the devastating Pacific Palisades wildfire didn’t come until about 40 minutes after some of those homes were already burning.