California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who declared a state of emergency, urged residents to evacuate after he witnessed buildings destroyed by the blaze.

The Los Angeles Fire Department ordered residents in affluent Pacific Palisades to leave the area immediately as firefighters sought to slow the spread of a nearly 3,000-acre blaz

Officials did not give an exact number of structures damaged or destroyed in the Pacific Palisades wildfire, but they said about 30,000 residents were under evacuation orders and more than 13,000 structures were under threat.