Tens of thousands of people have fled their homes as a brush fire in the Pacific Palisades has grown to nearly 20,000 acres on Thursday.

Residents are being told to “evacuate now” due to a rapidly spreading wildfire in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles, according to Nexstar’s KTLA.

Pacific Palisades, a neighborhood in Los Angeles, has now ordered the evacuation of almost 49,000 residents. Approximately 13,208 buildings and 10,367 homeswere at danger of being destroyed, according to Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin M. Crowley, reported Business Insider.

Katya Meyer has lived in Pacific Palisades almost her entire life. Tuesday was one of the most surreal days she's had there.

Pacific Palisades, a coastal community of about 23,000 people, was still burning from the wildfires that have swept through the city this week. The latest: Five people have died as intensely powerful winds fan the flames of multiple wildfires around Los Angeles.