Officials told millions of residents to disregard an evacuation warning they were mistakenly sent due to a “technical error.”

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.

Officials told millions of residents to disregard an evacuation warning they were mistakenly sent due to a “technical error.”

An emergency alert about an evacuation warning was sent out to cellphones across most of Los Angeles County Thursday afternoon, but the alert was issued in error.

The alert was terrifying for residents who were already on high alert due to the uncontrollable flames causing mass destruction the Los Angeles area

Los Angeles County officials accidentally sent an evacuation text to all residents in error on Thursday evening as wildfires continue to spread rapidly throughout the area. The city’s emergency management department retracted the statement on X and in text messages to residents.

A wireless emergency alert sent to all Los Angeles County residents on Thursday afternoon mistakenly warned of widespread evacuations. The alert, which caused substantial alarm, read: “This is an emergency message from the Los Angeles County Fire Department.