Thousands of Pacific Palisades residents were urged to evacuate Thursday as a fire exploded amid intense winds.

There was major congestion on US Highway 64 near Zebulon on Friday morning as spot fires burned outside the road.

When a spot fire erupted off Sunset Boulevard and Palisades Drive, some motorists abandoned their cars by the time the flames reached Pacific Coast Highway ... battled flames along Sunset Boulevard.

Jay L. Clendenin A firefighter walks back to his vehicle after checking out a spot fire along Pacific Coast Highway during the Palisades Fire. Jay L. Clendenin ...

Crews are working to mop-up the large spot east of Highway 21 and are securing the edge of the fire to keep it on the ...

Crews with the Los Angeles Fire Department have knocked ... assisted by park rangers,” said LAFD’s update. Spot fires are seen sending up smoke along the southbound 5 Freeway in Elysian ...

[It] became fully operational and started patrolling the neighborhood, doing spot-fire checks ... Diamond followed fire trucks toward Sunset and Pacific Coast Highway, and noticed the fire ...

The fire is burning along the Runyon Canyon ridgeline, with a second spot blaze on the other side ... which is west of the Hollywood Bowl and U.S. Highway 101. A mandatory evacuation is in effect ...

Crews with the Los Angeles Fire Department have knocked down grass fires that emerged Friday evening along the southbound 5 Freeway in ... moving,” burning in medium brush on the side of the highway ...