The Palisades Fire ravages a neighborhood amid high winds in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. Ethan Swope/AP Images
Here are some of the viral first-person videos taken by residents fleeing the flames of the biggest fire in L.A. history.
Los Angeles residents fleeing the biggest fire in the city’s history took to social media to share harrowing footage of their escapes.
The multi-prong fire has resulted in more than 130,000 people being forced to evacuate, and more than 2,000 structures have been consumed. The mass exodus has caused traffic jams, and some have been forced to abandon their vehicles.
Below are some of the videos being shared online. This first video was perhaps the most widely circulated footage, as two men and their dog hunker down while flames surge into their backyard:
This is by far the craziest video from the fire in Los Angeles. This guy is filming huge walls of fire surrounding a house they're in, and there's another person and a dog. I have no idea why they didn't evacuate or what happened to them. Let's hope they're okay. #PalisadesFire pic.twitter.com/QYtsBSKvdl
— Sia Kordestani (@SiaKordestani) January 8, 2025Here’s a video of residents fleeing their home while houses and trees burned outside:
A drive down Pacifoc Coast Highway that’s consumed by smoke and ash:
Driving down PCH. Palm trees are on fire. I’ve seen this again and again reporting on fires since 2017 but it never stops looking apocalyptic and feeling horrific. pic.twitter.com/cZxD6yo6Pw
— Brianna Sacks (@bri_sacks) January 8, 2025A drive through Pacific Palisades:
Another drive down PCH:
Driving down PCH. Palm trees are on fire. I’ve seen this again and again reporting on fires since 2017 but it never stops looking apocalyptic and feeling horrific. pic.twitter.com/cZxD6yo6Pw
— Brianna Sacks (@bri_sacks) January 8, 2025An iconic PCH lifeguard stand burns:
A drive through the canyon toward Sunset Boulevard:
This was the drive down towards sunset. Fire all around and jumped to both sides of the road. Got even worse.
People ran from behind us bc there was no movement anywhere for an hour. Flames and ash all around. #palisadesfire pic.twitter.com/NAhDTAnozA
Actor James Woods, who later lost his home in the fire, gets ready to evacuate:
A deer runs through Altadena:
A reporter amid abandoned cars as flames approach:
WATCH: “Whoah, we’ve got to get out of here, this fire is moving very quickly” — reporter flees huge Pacific Palisades wildfire in Los Angeles, where people have abandoned their vehicles to escape blaze pic.twitter.com/hPnEuYfwBl
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