{"id":648594,"date":"2025-01-10T06:45:15","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T03:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/every-smartphone-in-la-accidentally-received-a-wildfire-evacuation-alert\/"},"modified":"2025-01-10T06:45:15","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T03:45:15","slug":"every-smartphone-in-la-accidentally-received-a-wildfire-evacuation-alert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/every-smartphone-in-la-accidentally-received-a-wildfire-evacuation-alert\/","title":{"rendered":"#Every smartphone in LA accidentally received a wildfire evacuation alert"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As wildfires rage for the third consecutive day through parts of Los Angeles<\/a>, now including the Hollywood Hills, several neighborhoods have been forced to evacuate for safety purposes. But on Thursday afternoon, a wildfire evacuation alert was mistakenly sent to the smartphone of every resident in Los Angeles County, a region with more than 9 million people.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn evacuation order for residents near the Kenneth Fire currently burning in West Hills was mistakenly issued Countywide,\u201d wrote LA County\u2019s official account in a post on X<\/a>. \u201cThis alert was only intended for residents of Calabasas and Agoura Hills.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Everyone in my news<\/a>room got this alert\u2026 in Ktown, in NoHo, in Century City, in Manhattan beach. <\/p>\n

Must have been sent in error, because there\u2019s no way. pic.twitter.com\/M4MlNfxBId<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Brittny Mejia (@brittny_mejia) January 9, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Several Los Angeles residents posted on social media<\/a> that they received the push notification right around 4pm PT, despite being in areas that were quite far from any active fire. The emergency alert interrupted a live broadcast on Fox LA, confusing the meteorologist on air<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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I have been informed the evacuation warning that many of us just received on our phones was mistakenly issued countywide due to a technical error. <\/p>\n

A correction will be issued shortly.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Janice Hahn (@SupJaniceHahn) January 10, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

The smartphone push notification was issued countywide \u201cdue to a technical error,\u201d according to LA county supervisor Janice Hahn<\/a>, noting in a post on X that a correction will be sent shortly.<\/p>\n

Smartphone makers allow government officials to send emergency push notifications to users based on their location, a feature that\u2019s particularly important for California residents when wildfires are occurring. However, errors like this can unnecessarily cause panic in an already stressful situation. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n