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A senior living center pushes residents in wheelchairs and hospital beds down the street to a parking lot.

Roadways became impassable when scores of people abandoned their vehicles and fled on foot.

A third wildfire started around 10:30 p.m. and quickly prompted evacuations in Sylmar , a San Fernando Valley community that is the northernmost neighborhood in Los Angeles .

The causes of all three fires are under investigation.

About 30,000 residents are under evacuation orders and more than 13,000 structures are under threat.

The Eaton fire and Palisades fire have burned 1.6 square miles ( 4 square kilometers ) by early Wednesday .

The fires are at 0% containment as of early Wednesday morning .

The Palisade fire has destroyed 4.5 square miles of land, Los Angeles National Forest says.

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