Parts of Santa Monica were ordered to be evacuated as fast-moving flames destroyed homes along the coast in Los Angeles. Winds were picking up overnight, potentially fueling the fires.

A fast-moving wildfire has broken out in the inland foothills northeast of Los Angeles hours after another blaze tore through the city’s Pacific Palisades neighborhood along the coast, destroying many

Officials said about 30,000 residents were under evacuation orders and more than 13,000 structures were under threat.

A large wildfire broke out in Pacific Palisades Tuesday afternoon, prompting mandatory evacuations affecting tens of thousands of people and highway closures. Later Tuesday a second wildfire broke out in the foothills of Pasadena on the other side of Los Angeles County.