Glendale Sends Out False Evacuation Alarm, Panicking Fire-Jittery Southern California

Many Los Angeles County residents had been rudely roused out of a sleep-in day’s slumber this morning, as an emergency warning to evacuate an space of Glendale, Calif. loudly hit their telephones.

“Chevy Chase Canyon residents safely evacuate your house and proceed to evacuation website situated at Glendale Group Faculty Parking Lot B” stated the primary blast.

A couple of minutes later, Glendale despatched out one other tweet, once more with the disturbing alarm sound: “Disregard security alert for Chevy Chase Canyon. Coaching train solely.”

Glendale is a metropolis of about 200,000 that lies between Los Angeles metropolis and Pasadena, California.

Crimson-faced metropolis officers issued the next assertion: “Town carried out a deliberate evacuation train in coordination with the Chevy Chase Canyon Affiliation. Resulting from a glitch within the messaging software program, incorrect messaging was distributed all through Los Angeles County. The Metropolis is working with our companions to research.”

Residents are already jittery all through Southern California, as the normal hearth season has begun within the drought-stricken space. Earlier this week, a brush hearth fanned by excessive winds resulted in 20 high-end houses being consumed in Laguna Niguel in Orange County.

There was no info accessible on the variety of telephone house owners who could have acquired the warning, however the message reached individuals all through L.A. County. Cities close by to Glendale additionally despatched their very own messages out by way of social media, assuring the general public that the Glendale alarm was false.