Officials told millions of residents to disregard an evacuation warning they were mistakenly sent due to a “technical error.”

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.

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.

The Los Angeles City Emergency Management Department said an emergency alert to phones warning residents of possible evacuations was sent to the entire county by mistake, adding evacuation orders have not changed.

Local TV stations confirmed that the citywide emergency notice was issued by mistake The post LA Rattled by Accidental All-County Evacuation Order: ‘That’s a Big Oops’ appeared first on TheWrap.

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="