Los Angeles County Fire Department mistakenly sends out evacuation notice to all residents

The Los Angeles Fire Department on Thursday night mistakenly sent out a mass evacuation notice to millions of residents in the county, which was intended for residents impacted by the Kenneth Fire in Woodland Hills.

“This is an emergency message from the Los Angeles County Fire Department,” the notice read, per Fox News. “An EVACUATION WARNING has been issued in your area.”

County Supervisor Janice Hahn posted on X that the notice was sent out to everyone by mistake, and a correction was issued.

"I have been informed the evacuation warning that many of us just received on our phones was mistakenly issued countywide due to a technical error,” she wrote on X. “A correction will be issued shortly.”

The mistake comes after 180,000 people were told to evacuate from multiple wildfires impacting the Los Angeles county. Two of the wildfires are considered large, and have burned through more than 10,000 acres each.

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.