UPDATED with latest:TheLos AngelesFire Department has fully contained theSunset Firein the Hollywood Hills, city officials said.
All evacuation orders were lifted earlier this morning for those impacted by the fire.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Sunset Fire in Hollywood HillsROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images
The multistory structure quickly collapsed onto itself.
Other structures were also set ablaze on the hillside.
The blaze moved quickly uphill and rapidly threatening homes, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
Asked about the fire at a news conference called to address other incidents, the L.A. Times reported that LAFD Chief Kristin Crowley said, “I don’t have a lot of information…I can tell you we’re throwing all of our available resources at it as we speak.”
See area in red below.
Evacuation warnings for the area in yellow extended down to Sunset Blvd.
up to Mullholland and to Coldwater Canyon in the west.
An LAFD spokesperson urged those in the evacuation warning zone to get out before the full order is issued.
Her advice: head south.
Look at the red parallel lines.
Those are all brake lights of people trying to evacuate from the#SunsetFirein Hollywood Hills.
Streets are absolutely gridlocked.#CAwxpic.twitter.com/37LkybNIoo
KTLA5 reported that others were fleeing on foot, dragging suitcases.
The flames appeared to be moving south toward the heavily-populated environs of Franklin Avenue.
New fire growing in#HollywoodHills approximately 10 acres.
Mandatory evacuations now in place for Laurel Canyon Blvd.
To that point, multiple water-dropping aircraft were being used in hopes of slowing the fires advance.
#SunsetFire#HollywoodHillspic.twitter.com/3YGpCRalmI
Hollywood High School and Pan Pacific Recreational Center are among the evacuation centers.
ABC7 was among the first local outlets to pick up the news.
There was no immediate word on how the fire started.
It is the second blaze in the hills in as many days.
The first fire was quickly stifled.
