As forest fires Three consecutive days of fury raged through parts of Los Angeles.Several neighborhoods, including the Hollywood Hills, have now been forced to evacuate for safety. But on Thursday afternoon, wildfire evacuation alerts were mistakenly sent to the smartphones of every resident of Los Angeles County, a region of more than 9 million people.
“Evacuation orders have been erroneously issued around the county for residents near the Kenneth Fire burning in the West Hills,” wrote the official LA County account. Put it on X.. “This notice is intended for residents of Calabasas and Agoura Hills only.”
Many Los Angeles residents were in areas away from the fire, but received a push alert around 4 p.m., according to social media. An emergency alert interrupted live coverage from Fox LA. Confused the meteorologist..
A smartphone push alert has been issued across the county due to a technical glitch. LA District Supervisor Janice HahnA post on X notes that a fix will be sent soon.
Smartphone makers are allowing government officials to send emergency push alerts to users based on their location, a feature especially important to California residents during wildfires. However, Mistakes like these don't need to cause panic in an already stressful situation.