Three fires inside Los Angeles County forced 19 school districts to close on Wednesday.
The Palisades, Eaton And Pain fires first caused tens of thousands of evacuations across the province. The wildfires, sparked primarily by a “life-threatening” storm, burned more than 10,000 acres in the Pacific Palisades, the San Gabriel Valley and the San Fernando Valley. The National Weather Service predicted wind gusts of 60 to 100 miles per hour.
Existing conditions and the potential for additional fires in the area between Tuesday and Wednesday evenings forced the nearly two dozen school districts to cancel classes, the Los Angeles County Department of Education said.
The department posted the following list of districts with closures:
- Alhambra United School District
- Arcadia United School District
- Azusa United School District
- Baldwin Park Unified School District
- Duarte United School District
- El Monte City School District
- Glendale United School District
- La Canada unified school district
- Los Virgenes School District
- Monrovia United School District
- Mountain View School District
- Pasadena Unified School District
- Rosemead School District
- San Marino Unified School District
- Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District
- South Pasadena Unified School District
- Temple City Unified School District
- Valle Lindo School District
The Los Angeles Unified School District closed seven schools:
- Topanga Elementary Charter
- Woodland Hills Academy
- Palisades Elementary
- Brentwood Magnet
- Marquez Charter Elementary
- Diego Rivera Learning Complex
- University high school
LA City officials said those affected by the closures will receive notifications.
“Visit lausd.org for updates. If families need additional support, please contact our Family Hotline at (213) 443-1300,” LA City officials wrote in a statement.
