A second alert followed the first, explaining that it was meant only for people near the Kenneth Fire, a new brush fire that ignited Thursday afternoon.

While the message was intended for residents of Woodland Hills, officials say the registration location of the phones might have caused a wider distribution.

A wireless emergency evacuation alert was sent to residents across Los Angeles County on Thursday afternoon. However, it was meant for people in the order and warning zones for the Kenneth Fire in Woodland Hills.

Evacuation orders and an alarm sound were mistakenly sent to residents all over Los Angeles County. The alert was meant only for those affected by the Kenneth Fire.

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

The Los Angeles County Fire Department mistakenly sent out an evacuation warning to all of Los Angeles County Thursday afternoon, Jan. 9. “It was an error,” LACFD spokesperson Kaitlyn Aldana said. The alert caused many residents,

Many in Los Angeles County perhaps woke up to a panic at about 4 a.m. on Friday as another evacuation warning was sent to smartphones throughout the area. This time, just like the one sent out on Thursday afternoon,

The Los Angeles City Emergency Management Department said an emergency alert to phones warning residents of possible evacuations was sent to the entire county by mistake, adding evacuation orders have not changed.