Watch: Palisades fire burns homes as thousands evacuate in LA
A well-known high school in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles has reportedly sustained “significant damage” as wildfires rage in the US city.
Parts of Palisades Charter High School – which counts celebrities including Will.i.am and Forest Whitaker among its alumni and has itself been a Hollywood filming location – have been affected, local schools official Alberto Carvalho said.
As well as the Palisades Fire – which has quickly spread to cover nearly 3,000 acres – several other blazes have ignited nearby. Thousands of people have been evacuated.
The school’s website says it has closed – and urged pupils and their families to avoid the area. The BBC has asked for further comment.
The school, which educates children aged 14-18, says its students come from a broad area of western Los Angeles. Its buildings are known as a location for films including Carrie, Teen Wolf and Freaky Friday.
Los Angeles is in a state of emergency, and an interactive map managed by fire officials confirms that the fast-moving fires have affected a swathe of land on which the school is located.
The map notes th
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