The Palisades fire burned more than five football fields a minute and has expanded rapidly in recent hours, destroying homes and triggering evacuation warnings for tens of thousands of people from Malibu to Santa Monica.

Many had to abandon their cars in the area, which is at the center of another major fire following the Franklin fire in December. With traffic slowing evacuations and flames shooting across the highway, some had also considered taking shelter on the beach.

Two other fires have broken out in Los Angeles County: the 500-acre Hurst Fire north of San Fernando and the Eaton Fire in Altadena, which grew to 1,000 acres within hours.

At a Pasadena nursing home, workers raced to get everyone to safety as the Eaton fire was just a block away, CNN affiliate KCAL reported. The video shows dozens of residents in wheelchairs, many wearing only thin smocks and wrapped in scarves in the cold night.

Some didn’t even have shoes on, just socks because they were in a hurry to leave.

Here’s what you should know:

• Firefighter injured: A 25-year-old firefighter suffered a serious head injury. She was treated at the scene and taken to the hospital, the fire department said. More than 1,400 firefighters were deployed to fight the fires.

• No containment expected: “There is no way to contain the fires in Los Angeles tonight and firefighters are instead focused on saving lives,” said David Acuna, CAL Fire spokesman. In Southern California, some wind gusts reached speeds of nearly 100 miles per hour.

• Fire department warnings: Los Angeles County Fire Department Capt. Sheila Kelliher warned that firefighters were in for a long night and expected “tornado-like” winds to intensify. Kelliher said the terrain and wind combined to create a “massive fight.”

• Bulldozers move cars: As tens of thousands of residents fled the Palisades fire on Tuesday, firefighters at one point used a bulldozer to move abandoned vehicles that had piled up as evacuees got stuck in traffic and decided to flee on foot. If you have to leave a vehicle behind, “Move it as far away from the road as possible to allow emergency vehicles to pass,” Los Angeles Police Department Chief Jim McDonnell said.

• Famous buildings in flames: A popular roadside seafood restaurant in Malibu was destroyed by the Palisades fire. The Reel Inn was 36 years old. Palisades Charter High School, a famous movie set, and the nearby elementary school were engulfed in flames.

• Power outages: More than 200,000 houses and buildings in the district are without power.

• All equipment used: California Gov. Gavin Newsom said “hundreds and hundreds of personnel” responded to the Palisades fire using planes, helicopters, bulldozers and watercraft. The Los Angeles Fire Department is also asking off-duty members to call to help fight the fire. But as firefighters battle the Eaton Fire north of Pasadena, their fight is limited by the fact that aircraft are grounded due to extreme winds.

• Schools close: Five schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District will be closed Wednesday and classes will be held online.