Palisades residents flee the area as a wildfire erupts in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles on Oct. 21, 2019. There is also an elevated risk of wildfires in Southern California on Wednesday, but the fire danger there won’t reach “extremely critical” levels until between the early morning hours on Thursday through Friday. Conditions in California wine country may be similar to the tinderbox conditions that were present when devastating fires erupted in 2017, destroying parts of Santa Rosa. ‼️ Warm, dry and gusty conditions = Critical Fire Weather Conditions. Wednesday 10/23/19: Critical fire weather conditions expected today across parts of Northern and Southern California, with Extremely Critical Fire Weather conditions across Southern California on Thursday.

Source: Washington Post October 23, 2019 18:56 UTC