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This wildfire evacuation alert accidentally went out to everyone in LA


Officials sent a follow-up alert shortly after.

Shortly after, officials sent a follow-up alert saying that the notice was intended only for people near the Kenneth Fire in Woodland Hills. “An evacuation order for residents near the Kenneth Fire currently burning in West Hills was mistakenly issued Countywide,” according to the post. Janice Hahn saying, “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.”

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