Around 4:15 p.m., another alert was sent out by the the Los Angeles County Office of Emergency Management asking residents to disregard the previous alert, as it was only intended for the Kenneth fire, which erupted near West Hills bordering Los Angeles and Ventura counties earlier in the afternoon.

An alert to evacuate from the Los Angeles County Fire Department on Thursday afternoon appeared to have been sent in error.

An alert designated to warn people of a fire northwest of downtown Los Angeles went sent county-wide, according to a local official. At the time, emergency management was monitoring the Kenneth Fire which triggered its own evacuations.

Governor Josh Stein has declared a state of emergency for North Carolina in anticipation of severe winter weather.

Winter storm expected to strike Western Georgia Friday and spread across northern and middle Georgia through the day.