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City-wide emergency alert in Los Angeles sent in error to millions
An alert designated to warn people of a fire northwest of downtown Los Angeles went sent county-wide, according to a local official. At the time, emergency management was monitoring the Kenneth Fire which triggered its own evacuations.
Emergency Alert sent in error to all LA County residents, increasing panic amid fires
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.
Evacuation warning emergency alert was sent in error across LA County
An emergency alert about an evacuation warning was sent out to cellphones across most of Los Angeles County Thursday afternoon, but the alert was issued in error.
Evacuation alert mistakenly sent to LA County residents
A wireless emergency evacuation alert was sent to residents across Los Angeles County. However, it was meant for people near the Kenneth Fire in Woodland Hills.
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This wildfire evacuation alert accidentally went out to everyone in LA County
A wireless emergency evacuation alert was intended for people near the Kenneth Fire in Woodland Hills, but instead, it went out to the whole county.
Los Angeles Inadvertently Sends Countywide Evacuation Order Amid Fires
As wildfires continue to rage across Southern California, some Los Angeles residents received an evacuation warning that was not intended for them. Sent via the Alert LA County program, the notification was reportedly only meant for the areas affected by the Kennith Fire,
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