10K buildings under evacuation orders in LA

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti says a wildfire burning in canyon neighborhoods on the city's west side has grown to 500 acres.

The mayor says he has seen five burned homes since the blaze began early this morning and Fire Chief Ralph Terrazas says he believes the number of destroyed homes will rise.

The fire was reported at about 1:30 this morning near Interstate 405 on the west side of Sepulveda Pass where Interstate 405 passes through the Santa Monica Mountains. It roared up slopes to the city's Mountaingate area and westward into canyon and ridgeline neighborhoods of Brentwood.

Mandatory evacuation orders extend southwestward through Pacific Palisades to the ocean. They affect 10,000 residential and commercial buildings.

The fire chief says Santa Ana winds blowing out of the northeast are expected to continue until 2 this afternoon.