Vice President Kamala Harris’ Los Angeles residence is now in the eastern part of the evacuation zone from the Palisades Fire.

An area with around 30,000 people was put under evacuation orders after the fire broke out at 10:30 a.m. in Pacific Palisades and quickly grew, driven by high Santa Ana winds. Evacuation zones later grew.

The vice president is in Washington, D.C.

The peak of the high winds is expected tonight and into tomorrow morning.

Dramatic video showed patients from a senior facility in the Pasadena area, not far from the Eaton Fire that broke out tonight, being evacuated amid high winds and heavy smoke.

Those loaded into ambulances included people in wheelchairs. NBC Los Angeles reported it was a senior wellness center.

An NBC Los Angeles reporter said it was hard to breathe in the area because of the smoke.

A facility believed to be the one involved did not immediately respond to a request for comment tonight about the situation there.

Malibu's four public school campuses, which closed today amid dangerous winds and the the Pacific Palisades fire to the city's southeast, will remain closed tomorrow, officials said.

The Pasadena Unified School District also said its campuses would be closed tomorrow as the Eaton Fire rages on the edge of the city and its leaders pondered an emergency declaration.

"The City of Pasadena is assessing whether to declare a state of emergency due to the impacts of the weather," the district said in a statement.

The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District so far has not shut down Santa Monica schools, even as the nearby Palisades Fire prompted authorities to issue mandatory evacuation orders for the very north end of the city.

In a letter to families and employees tonight, that district said, "Due to safety concerns, road closures, power shut offs, high winds and fire threat, our four Malibu schools will be closed Wednesday."

Regarding its campuses to the south, it said, it planned for Santa Monica schools to be open, barring changing conditions overnight.

With the northernmost sections of its North of Montana neighborhood under mandatory evacuation orders, Santa Monica's Big Blue Bus public transit system is offering free rides to evacuees.

The system said buses would run hourly from two locations on San Vicente Boulevard, the southern boundary for the city's evacuations. Those stops are at Ocean Avenue at the coast and Seventh Street a few blocks inland, it said on X tonight.

The buses will take riders to the Palisades Fire's evacuation center a few miles away at the Westwood Recreation Center in the L.A. community of Westwood.

The evacuation zone runs from San Vicente to the city boundary with Pacific Palisades to the north.

The number of homes and businesses without power in the Los Angeles area has risen to more than 96,000, according to tracking website poweroutage.us.

There were 96,013 customers without electricity at around 8:35 p.m., up from around 42,000 earlier in the evening, according to data from the site.

The region is being lashed by high Santa Ana winds, which are fueling wildfires and creating what officials say is an extreme wildfire risk.

The Eaton Fire is now estimated at 400 acres, according to CalFire.

The fire broke out near Eaton Canyon tonight, near Altadena and Pasadena. It is being fueled by high winds, according to fire agencies, and it has resulted in orders to evacuate.

"Firefighters are working aggressively to slow the spread and protect critical infrastructure under extreme conditions," CalFire said in an update.

Angeles National Forest said on X, "If you are in an evacuation order area, please leave now."

California Attorney General Rob Bonta tonight warned against excessive price increases by retailers who may see an opportunity to overcharge evacuees and others affected by the Palisades Fire.

Price gouging for shelter, gas, food and other essential supplies during a state of emergency is illegal under state law.

“If you see price gouging — or if you’ve been the victim of it — I encourage you to immediately file a complaint with my office,” Bonta said in a statement.

His office said it’s generally illegal to boost prices on essential needs by 10% or more during such an emergency.

Earlier this evening, Gov. Gavin Newsom proclaimed a state of emergency that removes barriers to lateral help from local governments and empowers him to deploy National Guard troops as needed.

Los Angeles declared a state of emergency tonight as the city fights a large wind-fueled fire in the Pacific Palisades and braces for even more Santa Ana winds that are creating a dangerous risk over the region.

“The City is working AGGRESSIVELY to confront this emergency,” Mayor Karen Bass wrote on X.

She said the city’s state of emergency will help "amplify" its response to the fire and aid in recovery.

Structures have been destroyed in the Palisades Fire, but an exact count was not immediately known. The blaze grew from 10 acres when it started as a brushfire reported at around 10:30 a.m. to more than 2,900 acres tonight.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has also declared a state of emergency, and FEMA has approved a grant to help with firefighting costs and support areas affected by the fire, Newsom's office and the White House said. President Joe Biden said he has offered any federal assistance needed to fight the blaze.

Connor Benavides, who lives near the Eaton Fire in Altadena, described the moment he evacuated ahead of the fast-moving wildfire, which has burned more than 200 acres.