Panic across LA region after 'erroneous' wildfire evacuation warnings blasted out

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Residents across LA County were hit with incorrect evacuation updates Thursday night and Friday morning.

As wildfires have raged throughout the Los Angeles region this week, the 10 million residents of LA County have stayed close to their phones, ready for text alerts from officials about whether to pack up their belongings and leave their homes urgently.

McGowan said the emergency warnings were automated and no individual or group of people sent them out, adding he did not know the cause of the errors.

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