The Palisades Fire began around 11 a.m. local time on Tuesday and has burned more than 2,900 acres as of 12:40 a.m. PST on Wednesday, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, which has issued evacuation orders for Palisades residents and those living along a stretch of the Pacific Coast Highway.

About 30,000 residents in the Palisades and surrounding areas are under evacuation orders, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department, as Cal Fire reported 0% fire containment early Wednesday.

Another fire called the Eaton Fire, burning near Altadena, Pasadena and Sierra Madre, quickly grew to 1,000 acres shortly after midnight Wednesday, triggering another wave of mandatory evacuations and school closures.

City officials said at least 550 homes in Pasadena were affected by the evacuation orders, which cover large swaths of the city’s northern neighborhoods as well as most of eastern Altadena and almost all of the Sierra Madre.

Another L.A.-area wildfire, the Hurst Fire, broke out near the suburb of Sylmar on Tuesday evening and has expanded to 500 acres as of 1:22 a.m. PST, prompting the Los Angeles Fire Department to report more to issue evacuation orders.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency Tuesday night, urging residents to follow evacuation orders and saying, “This is an extremely dangerous storm with extreme fire danger, and we are not out of the woods yet.”

The National Weather Service issued a warning warning (warm temperatures, strong winds and low humidity) for Southern California, effective Tuesday through Wednesday in Santa Barbara, Los Angeles and Ventura counties and Tuesday through Thursday in San Bernardino, Orange, Riverside and San Diego Counties.

The NWS expects wind gusts of 50 to 80 mph in parts of Southern California and gusts of up to 100 mph in mountains and foothills through Wednesday night, citing the possibility of downed trees and power lines that could lead to “widespread power outages.”

Sporadic power outages occurred in the San Fernando Valley, a densely populated area north of the Hollywood Hills. The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power reported several thousand customers without power as of 5:00 p.m. PST.