No reports on people trapped in LA

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Despite evacuations it is possible that there are people who remain in isolated areas in Los Angeles, but there are currently no reports of that, the spokesperson of the Los Angeles Fire Department Margaret Stewart says.    #LosAngeles #LosAngelesWildfires

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00:00There are and we've received reports about those and we've received reports

00:04that at least 30,000 people have been evacuated but do you think it's likely

00:07that some people could be trapped in areas that simply aren't accessible?

00:13Well the evacuation started yesterday late morning in the early

00:18afternoon so most of the Palisades area has been fully evacuated. Our law

00:25enforcement partners LAPD helped manage that physical evacuation of getting into

00:31all the areas. We received a lot of 911 calls from individuals who weren't able

00:36to get out of their home. A lot of times it's a mobility issue or they need help

00:39so one by one we had resources sent up to assist those people. It of course is

00:47entirely possible that there are still people remaining in isolated areas but

00:52we don't currently have reports of that.

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