A brush fire in the Pacific Palisades burned through 200 acres Tuesday amid warnings of weather conditions bringing "extreme" risks of quickly moving wildfires, authorities said.

Dire warnings have been issued for the Los Angeles area, with a dangerous threat for the strongest wind event in more than a decade. Outages and extreme fire behaviours are major risks

A brush fire erupted in the Pacific Palisades area as the National Weather Service has issued an “extreme” red flag warning. A strong Santa Ana wind event is expected to bring a “life-threatening and destructive windstorm” to the Southern California region.