Los Angeles residents evacuate cars on highway due to Palisade fires

Los Angeles area residents evacuating due to the wildfire that broke out in the mountains above the Pacific Palisades were seen abandoning their cars on the highway.

ABC7 News reported that “panicked drivers” trying to flee the “Palisades fire zone abandoned their cars along Sunset Boulevard.”

Abandoned vehicles were seen along Sunset Boulevard after drivers decided to abandon them “instead of being stuck” in them as flames from the wildfire continued to spread, according to the news outlet.

Video footage from KTLA5 News job to X also showed abandoned vehicles along Sunset Boulevard as flames from the wildfire could be seen in the distance.

Joel Pollak, editor-in-chief of Breitbart News, previously reported that the fire started “in the brush near the Paseo Miramar area above Palisades Drive and spread quickly.” Pollak added that traffic on Sunset Boulevard and Palisades Drive had “rapidly backed up,” as residents and emergency officials “scurried for space.”

Traffic quickly backed up along Sunset Boulevard and Palisades Drive as residents and emergency vehicles jostled for space. But residents remained calm, with many calling to each other from their cars, offering help if needed.