>> daryl chill mitchell, whose character stitch works in tim's restoration shop, said he's got his eye on a couple of tim's cars. you know, just for fun. >> you know, since i've known him so long, he's a good friend. he might just be able to go in there and be like, yo, tim, slide me that playboy, you know what i mean? just slide me that one right there. you ain't gonna miss it. >> you need a place to stay until i figure out what the rest of my life looks like. >> so, a couple of days. >> george pennacchio for abc news. >> and shifting gears premieres here on abc seven news tonight at eight. that will do it for abc seven news at three. world news tonight with david muir from los angeles starts right now. i'll see you back here for abc seven news at four. take care. tonight, a special edition of "world news tonight" from california. the emergency unfolding here in los angeles county.

24 hours into this, you can feel the heat, the smoke, and you certainly can see the flames over my shoulder here. home after home continuing to burn to the ground. entire neighborhoods lost. evacuations. the scope of the loss here unimaginable. tonight, the apocalyptic scene here on the ground in southern california. walls of flames destroying everything in their path. at least five unstoppable wildfires now burning through los angeles, destroying more than 25,000 acres. propelled by wind gusts topping 100 miles per hour. >> it is like driving through hell itself down here. >> david: home after home destroyed. the death toll rising tonight. reports of many significant injuries. the panicked race to escape the flames. families racing to get out. some leaving their cars in the street, when flames were on top of them. bulldozers then plowing through the cars to try to get the fire trucks through.

tonight, i traveled into the fire zone with the cal fire battalion chief, right up into pacific palisades. our interview, as we witness home after home burning to the ground here. we're now 24 hours into this disaster. >> there's just no stepping it when the winds are this strong. >> david: hundreds of firefighters on the front lines tonight. and now fears some of these major fires could be on the move. our team across the fire zone, and ginger zee on the strength of these santa ana winds and the fire dangers, as we head into the night. also tonight, we're tracking a major winter storm, from texas over to the east coast. major snow in areas where they normally don't get it. we'll have the forecast. the other news tonight. police arresting a man allegedly trying to get into the u.s. capitol with a ma chchete and multiple knives. this evening, the collision at chicago's o'hare airport. an american airlines plane and a united plane on the taxiway. and tonight, the nation honoring former president jimmy carter, now lying in state in the capitol rotunda.

his funeral to be held at the national cathedral tomorrow. a special edition of "world news tonight" begins now. >> announcer: grfrom abc news, this is "world news tonight" with david muir, reporting tonight from los angeles. good evening tonight from pacific palisades here in southern california, as multiple wildfires burn out of control across los angeles. severe drought and fierce santa ana winds, some gusting up to 90 and 100 miles per hour have made for a deadly and horrific combination. turning parts of los angeles county into a hellscape tonight in just a matter of 24 hours. in fact, five major fires are now burning at this hour. we are in what's called palisades village right here, this is the town center of sorts, where there's normally shopping, a place to eat. tonight, as you can see here behind me, it's been completely wiped away. there are still flames burning from multiple buildings here, and smoke rising from the ash.

again, this is where the community would be at a time of day like this, now gone in a matter of hours. this is playing out over and over again in so many locations we went to today, as i look behind the camera here tonight, we can see the smoke rising above the trees. take a look at the pictures tonight. you can see the pictures coming in, 0% contained. millions of americans here in one of the most densely populated stretches of america remain on alert tonight. iconic landmarks including the hollywood sign and the griffith observatory being protected from the flames, and tonight, there is real concern as we now go into the evening that the winds are shifting and, of course, you can hear the sirens right here behind us tonight. the winds making it impossible so far for fire fighting planes to take to the air. on the ground, firefighters have been forced to take on these fires themselves. a torrent of embers spreading the fires from house to house here throughout the region. a man running through those embers from his burning house.

residents of a nursing home evacuated in the middle of the night. many were wearing masks to protect themselves from the dangerous air now here, which is a real concern. more than 70,000 residents have been forced to evacuate so far. many families stuck in traffic, abandoning their cars. they survived. the cars did not. many of them melting. we saw it for ourselves. they have used bulldozers here to try to push the cars out of the way to try to get the fire trucks in. a striking image from above. an earline passenger flying over the scene capturing the spreading fire and the lights of los angeles not far away. tonight, right here, we take you right up to the fire lines in pacific palisades. i travel in with the cal fire battalion chief, showing us the homes still burning at this hour, one after another. our team is standing by across the fire zone tonight, and chief meteorologist ginger zee and the threat into the night. but we do begin here tonight with the images and our trip with cal fire to the fire lines late today here.

tonight, the deadly apocalyptic scene. wildfires tearing through los angeles. they now fear thousands of homes destroyed here. at least five people dead. authorities saying there are many, quote, significant injuries. this evening across los angeles, there are now five major wildfires. the palisades fire, the eden fire, the lydia fire, and the woodley fire. homes and cars burning tonight. fierce winds sending fire embers down the street. the flames reaching the ocean. >> all this is going to be gone. >> david: we travel with the call fire battalion chief, who says he has never seen anything like this. we're on the pacific coast highway. we turn into one of the neighborhoods in pacific palisades. this small school burning. >> you can hear the bangs going off. >> david: yeah, yeah, the fire ripping through that school right there. you can see the cars here charred. and then we see it.

home after home burning. >> it's just jumping from home to home right now, with this wind -- there's nothing to stop it. >> repor >> david: as we drive up into the hills, the charred cars. where families simply stopped, got out, and escaped. these people that were coming down from the hills here decided to give up, because the fire was encroaching? >> right, right. the traffic was so bad, they figured, their chances were better getting out on foot and running the rest of the way out of here. >> david: i mean, it's an apocalyptic scene here. >> it is. it is. you see where the bulldozer came through and pushed the cars aside so we could get up here. >> david: the bulldozers moving the cars so that fire trucks could get through. so, we're now 24 hours into this disaster, and we've got another multiple homes in a row here in flames. >> yeah, the wind is just pushing this fire from home to home to home, and you'll see it, it's even running down canyon to the homes that are below these homes, so -- there's just no stopping it when the winds are

this strong. everything's going to burn. >> david: we walk through the darkened neighborhoods here. smoke hovers over the homes. many still crackling from the flames. overnight, joshua and his dog trying to escape the fires, surrounding them on sunset boulevard. >> embers coming off. >> david: captain eric scott sharing this image from downtown los angeles. thick smoke from the wildfires taking over the view of the sky. the air quality tonight dangerous. >> the fires being fueled by a combination of strong santa ana winds and surrounding topography, which makes it extremely challenging. >> david: authorities are calling this an extremely rare, life-threatening santa ana wind event. gusts reaching 100 miles per hour. more than 35,000 residents under evacuation orders. nearly a million now without power. residents here tell us they have lost everything. >> it's pretty devastating. this is pretty devastating. i don't think l.a.'s seen

anything like this before. >> david: tonight, the california national guard has been called in to help fire departments across l.a. county. who are overwhelmed. from the air tonight, a fuller scope of the devastation. a united airlines passenger capturing this view out his window. that flight diverted. thousands of firefighters spanning out, racing to contain the flames. the new fires jumping from home to home. >> i don't -- >> david: and residents here doing whatever they can. this young man trying to use a fire hose to beat back the flames in his own backyard. >> we got to go. >> david: you can hear the intense fire crackling. >> oh. >> david: the fire alarm going off. >> yeah, let's get out of here. we tried. >> david: his friend there, tanner, wearing a mask, trying to help him, trying to save the home. >> we tried our best. >> david: they both escape, running to safety. the homes, the trees all around

them on fire. >> there's nothing we can do now, bro. >> david: and then they pray. >> god, protect this house in the name of jesus. protect this neighborhood, god, in jesus' name, i pray, amen. >> david: the biggest fire, the palisades fire, entire streets engulfed. american flags waving as the building behind them is nearly gone. one firefighter with a hose trained at the front door, though every home there on fire. fire fighting aircraft dropping water on burning homes. the fire unrelenting. the fierce winds sending embers traveling miles away. fire and smoke pouring out of this home's window. some 40 miles away, the eden fire in pasadena. tonight, these new images reveal what the wildfires have done there. >> these are sad sights, and we've seen so many of -- so much of this, you know, into last year and now again in 2025. this is heartbreaking. i feel for these people. >> david: the pasadena preschool

academy on fire. the residents at this senior living facility, the terraces at park marino, rushed out, wearing masks to protect them from the air. they were rescued. heroic effort by the l.a. fire department and emergency response teams across the region tonight. they are saving lives amidst the horror. the scope of the loss here, though, is unimaginable. >> it's devastating. it's devastating. and i feel for those people. i spoke to some of them. i hear it in their voices. it tears at my heartstrings, too. but like i said, at the end of the day, they were alive, they knew they would rebuild, and come back better. and i just gave them a hug, i said, please reach out for anything you need. >> david: it's no question you've saved lives here. >> that's our priority. >> david: thank you. these fire fighters are the trujillos here in southern california. thousands of families here at first took desperate measures to

try to save their homes. but then had to race to escape. abc's chief national correspondent matt gutman in malibu tonight, in the race to save belongings, but then, most importantly, the effort to save loved ones. >> reporter: tonight, abandoned cars, hillsides burning. the palisades fire also scorching l.a.'s most upscale beachside town of malibu. fleeing families trying to thread a tunnel of fire with both sides of the pacific coast highway engulfed. >> all of pch is on fire right now. it is like driving through hell itself down here. literally through hell. this is madness down here. these homes are on fire and you can feel the heat from the flames, even from inside your car. >> hopefully they're going to save our house. hopefully they're going to save our house. >> reporter: frank demarco tried to save his home itself, but with flames feet away, he had no choice but to get in his car and get out. >> look at this. look at this.

everything is on fire. everything is on fire. i don't know what to do here. >> reporter: with firefighters spread so thin, the howling winds spreading flames like seeds across southern california. there is nothing left of these neighborhoods. house after house on both sides of the street completely gone. many of them still on fire, not a firefighter in sight. and you can feel the embers being cast. and all that's left in many of these neighborhoods are just chimneys, burning homes. and by daybreak, the flames even stronger. thor e ferocity of what we're seeing, this house that has become a blow torch. very quickly igniting the other house. you can hear all that popping. gives you a sense of why so many neighborhoods here have been completely obliterated. l.a. county's fire chief admitting with major fires burning around los angeles, they just can't fight them all. >> we're doing the very best we can, but no, we don't have enough fire personnel in l.a.

county, between all of the departments, to handle this. >> reporter: david, normally, where i'm standing you would be able to see the ocean. there would be this line of seaside homes here. and because the fire took down telephone poles like that, this part of the pacific coast highway is also closed to traffic. but there's something else that law enforcement and residents are concerned about here, with the loss of these multimillion dollar homes. looting. david? >> david: all right, matt gutman, who has been reporting on this all night long for us. matt, we really appreciate it. as we were on the ground late today, we learned there are five fires burning. the eton fire racing in the densely packed neighborhoods, destroying homes, businesses, a school gone, a nursing home gone. the death toll rising across the region, at least five killed. and there are reports tonight of multiple significant injuries. here's abc's kayna whitworth in california, as well. >> reporter: tonight, that deadly eton fire raging out of

control. east of the palisades fire, the blaze racing down the mountains into densely-packed communities. killing at least five. and many more injured, including a firefighter. the inferno taking out everything in its path. homes, businesses, schools. this is an elementally school, the building is starting now to completely fall apart. it's being pushed by these heavy winds, and as it moves, it is turning, as you can see, day into night. pitch black down that way. with barely any time to escape, and the fire closing in, that assisted living facility evacuated. seniors with oxygen tanks and wheelchairs, some in hospital beds, embers flying around them. oh, man, the whole wall just fell down over there. i was there just hours later. the facility gutted. the wind picks up again, you're getting a really good idea, how the embers are flying through the air. we are utterly surrounded by

fire. tonight, that fire exploding to more than 10,000 acres. the winds erratic, nearly 100 miles an hour. tens of thousands of homes threatened. neighbors desperately fighting to save their property. some stationed on rooftops. our mola lenghi, just moments ago, in that devastated community. >> this is really neighbors helping neighbors. you see some here with garden hoses, doing what they can, as firefighters have been stretched incredibly thin in these neighborhoods. >> reporter: in another neighborhood, this family losing everything. >> all the stuff that's here is replaceable. people are not. so, we're happy the family -- it's the most important thing. >> reporter: and david, authorities are saying they're concerned that the high number of injuries they're seeing on this fire is because people are not evacuating when they need to. remember, it's not just best for residents, but first responders, as well, to leave when asked. david? >> david: that is so important. kayna whitworth, our thanks to

you, and to mola lenghi, as well. just a short time ago, our station here in los angeles, kabc, was able to get up into the air to see this from above. and it's staggering. reporting gabe santos reporting in a short time ago on what he saw. >> reporter: david, this is about 10 or 15 miles from downtown los angeles, but it is a very populated neighborhood in the suburbs. you can see just how vast of a scene this is. we've counted alone over 100 structures destroyed. looks like that one's going to be a complete loss. and a home right next to us, fire crews on scene. we have, you know, a partial structure collapse. we saw the flames creep up the hill towards this home, and those fire protection crews are trying to get some of the flames out, there are multiple neighborhoods that we see that appear to be just completely flattened, as if a tornado or a hurricane has swept through. it is almost emotional in nature, when you take in just how vast of an area that's

burned, and the homes that have been burned so far. david? >> david: gabe santos and the team at kabc doing extraordinary and important work here. i want to get right to chief meteorologist ginger zee, tracking these winds. the danger into the night. i know you're also tracking another major winter storm. texas to the east coast. but obviously, ginger, we want to start with this fire danger as we head into this even, and what are you expecting? >> reporter: david, the good news is, those winds will keep relaxing, especially by tomorrow morning. we'll get to that forecast, but a lot of people with are asking, why was this so bad? if you remember,er with were talking about it the night before. the national weather service los angeles did a fantastic job talking about those life-threatening 80 to 1 100-mile-per-hour winds at least 24 hours in advance. why? we knew the formula was in place to make the perfect storm. you had drought, 0.16 inches of rain for l.a. since may. in eight months. driest period on record. second-driest period. then, you have the santa ana winds.

yes, we get those, a surface low, you squeeze those together and a very strong pressure gradient. this was different, because we had an upper level low pressure system supercharging those winds. so, tonight, we'll see those winds relax a bit. tomorrow morning, that's the low point. then they kind of go back up with a little something coming overhead. red flag warnings, critical fire danger through the end of the week. and david, i have to show you that low pressure system that slides from dallas over to nashville. little rock's involved. a lot of ice and snow for the south and southeast, before it gets to the mid-atlantic and northeast. atlanta talking winter weather, david. >> david: ginger zee back with us tonight. ginger, thank you, as well. and when we come back here, the other news tonight. a man allegedly trying to get into the u.s. capitol with a machete and multiple knives. and the collision at chicago's o'hare airport. an american airlines plane and a united plane on the taxiway, in a moment here. for people who feel limited by the unpredictability of generalized myasthenia gravis, season to season, ultomiris is

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before we go, there are now five fires burning here in los angeles, driven by dry conditions, the santa ana winds. and an incredible relief effort is now under way here in l.a. with more than 1,000 homes and structures destroyed so far, the red cross opening shelters, deploying hundreds of volume line t volunteers. world central kitchen serving meals for families and first responders here. i'll be right back here tomorrow night, as thousands here now fight to rebuild. i'm david muir, good night. live breaking news. hellfire. >> it's just been constant wind, constant fire. >> but it's sheer devastation here. >> oh, and we have, you know, a partial structure collapse.w, a >> it's armageddon. i'm driving through a war zone right now. >> the strongest wind you've ever seen. i mean, it's 80 miles an hour. >> it was apocalyptic. i've

lived here my whole life. i have never seen that type of devastation. where literally block after block after block of houses that were there, you know, 48 hours ago, aren't there anymore. >> this is the worst case scenario. >> i don't even want to think of what god forbid, might be five people dead as fires burn out of control in southern california. >> and we want to take you to some live images right now of the scene in los angeles county, where we know five different fires are burning at this hour. you can see the thick smoke there in the distance. good afternoon. thanks for joining us. i'm julian glover and i'm stephanie sierra. >> those wildfires tearing through southern california as we speak, tens of thousands of acres burned and tens of thousands of people evacuated from their homes. >> we're seeing scenes of destruction practically everywhere. homes, businesses destroyed. but amid the devastation, we are hearing stories of resilience and of neighbors helping neighbors. it makes me want to cry. >> but it also, in the midst of