The LADWP issued a boil water notice on Wednesday, Jan. 8, in response to the Pacific Palisades Fire and Eaton Fire, urging residents to "only use boiled tap water or bottled water for drinking and cooking purposes" as "disease-causing organisms" may now be found in the water.

As of Thursday, the Palisades fire had reached 15,000 acres, spreading to Malibu and Topanga and torching homes and restaurants along the Pacific Coast Highway. One resident told the Washington Examiner ’s video producer Natasha Sweatte that his community is coming together in this time of crisis.

On Tuesday, flames tore through Palisades Charter High School, which reports show was previously used to offer shelter to people escaping Southern California wildfires like the 19

The blaze tearing through the posh neighborhood nestled above the Pacific Ocean has already consumed over 10 percent of area, and remains out of control.