What's happening in Los Angeles right now is horrifying, right? Los Angeles is on fire.

You have tens of thousands being forced to flee their homes. And I mean, the fires are in almost

every direction of the L.A. Metro area with coastal Pacific Palisades, eastern Pasadena,

and even the valley to the north, all experiencing blazes that are quickly growing and encroaching

on the densely populated areas. Something that you can clearly see from this clip of a flight pulling into LAX last night. Now so far, overall, two people have died in over a thousand homes,

businesses and other structures have been destroyed across the area. But of course, as I'm filming this,

everything is actively developing. So let's talk about what we know and start with the first

blaze, the Palisades fire. So this one was first reported around 10.30 a.m. yesterday in the Pacific Palisades. And according to NBC, Los Angeles, it was started by a backyard fire in the

small affluent suburb north of Santa Monica. However, it didn't take long to go from a small backyard fire

to a thing that burned over 2,200 acres as of last night and now nearly 11,000. And you know,

when you compare that to other fires in California that burn nearly a million acres, that might seem like a small number. But, I mean, we're talking about right in the middle of a major city. And this is the fire's not considered to be contained at all and just keeps growing as hurricane strength Santa Ana winds are just fueling it. And then the palisades and other areas like Malibu and parts of Santa Monica, we've seen that in full effect. So much so that Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency in Los Angeles and

Ventura counties, both of which straddled the Santa Monica Mountains and where the fire seems to be moving.

Now with that so far, 10,000 homes are under mandatory evacuation orders and the photos and the footage coming out of this, it's crazy.

Like for example, some of the most startling footage I've seen are these two guys who left to home as the fire was closing in.

We tried. We tried, bro. I'm sorry.

We tried our best. We got out of work.

And luckily, it seems like they got out okay, but as you can see, everything around them is burning.

And while I feel like it should go without saying, please do not do this.

If you are facing down a fire, just get out.

You will be shocked at how fucking fast these things move.

Especially when they are moving as fast as the wind goes, right?

They're having gusts of up to 80 miles per hour.

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