Around 4:15 p.m., another alert was sent out by the the Los Angeles County Office of Emergency Management asking residents to disregard the previous alert, as it was only intended for the Kenneth fire, which erupted near West Hills bordering Los Angeles and Ventura counties earlier in the afternoon.

I have been informed the evacuation warning that many of us just received on our phones was mistakenly issued countywide due to a technical error," Supervisor Janice Hahn said.

Los Angeles County officials accidentally sent an evacuation text to all residents in error on Thursday evening as wildfires continue to spread rapidly throughout the area. The city’s emergency management department retracted the statement on X and in text messages to residents.

An emergency alert issuing an evacuation warning for all of Los Angeles County was sent out by accident, according to officials. <a href="

Southern Californians from Long Beach to Santa Clarita heard it; the loud, blaring blasts from their phones and a startling warning - but it wasn’t meant for everyone.