“The
smoke
looked
pretty
black
and
intense
over
Temescal
Canyon,”
the
78-year-old
told
The
Los
Angeles
Times
in
a
Jan.
7
interview.
“I
couldn’t
see
any
flames
but
the
smoke
was
very
dark.”
Another
local
resident
Ellen
Delosh-Bacher
left
her
car
behind
after
law
enforcement
began
encouraging
drivers
to
escape
the
congestion,
telling
the
outlet,
“Cops
began
running
down
the
road
telling
anyone
stuck
in
traffic,
‘Run
for
your
lives.’”
While
other
structures,
including
the
Palisades
Theatre,
caught
fire
during
the
blaze,
the
Getty
Museum—which
is
located
near
the
Brentwood
area
of
Los
Angeles,
east
of
the
Pacific
Palisades—was
grateful
to
clarify
its
building
was
safe.
“At
the
Getty
Villa,
some
trees
&
vegetation
on
site
have
burned,”
the
museum
shared
on
X
(formerly
Twitter), “but
no
structures
are
on
fire,
and
staff
and
the
collection
remain
safe.”
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