Don't panic! LA public officials accidentally broadcast TV warning telling ENTIRE city to evacuate 

Los Angeles County residents were quite scared as they accidentally received an emergency evacuation notice on their televisions.

An evacuation order was issued around 5 pm Wednesday for the Eastern North Pacific Ocean, Guadalupe Island, Los Angeles and Ventura County.

However, a little over an hour later, authorities withdrew the notice, and the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office later announced that it was “sent in error by Los Angeles County.”

“There is no threat to Ventura County at this time and there is no need for residents to evacuate,” the Sheriff’s Office wrote on Twitter.

But that didn’t stop residents from freaking out over the “terrifying” situation, with many taking to social media to find out if the evacuation, which didn’t list a cause and wasn’t mentioned in the news, was real.

Kay Richard wrote on Twitter: ‘Uhh, did anyone in Los Angeles get an evacuation notice? a little bit sucking my pants [right now].’

The Ventura County Sheriff wrote on Twitter that the message was

The Ventura County Sheriff wrote on Twitter that the message was “mistakenly sent by Los Angeles County” and that “there was no threat” to Ventura County.

“That was terrifying!” one Twitter user wrote. “I called the Sheriff’s Office to see what was going on. LA better get organized.

A social media user claimed that they received the alert at 5:08 p.m. and the error message did not appear until 6:18 p.m.

‘I take [over an hour] to tweet that it was a mistake! WTF guys.’

Others joked that it was a throwback to 2018 when Hawaii sent a statewide emergency notice that ballistic missiles were “entering Hawaii.”

“The governor of Hawaii sent you, Ige?” Twitter user Charles George joked.

Many said they were 'scared' by the situation and it was over an hour before they received an error message.

Many said they were ‘scared’ by the situation and it was over an hour before they received an error message.

The Hawaiian governor apologized for the terror he caused at the time and it was later revealed that a Civil Defense employee had accidentally “pressed the wrong buttons”.

The Los Angeles County Office of Emergency Management told Fox News that Wednesday’s message was broadcast from the National Weather Service (NWS) in Los Angeles as a “non-meteorological emergency message” from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrator ( NOAA).

However, the Office of Emergency Management said the message was “properly formatted” and should not have “triggered an EAS evacuation”.

The ‘root cause’ of the problem has not yet been revealed.

DailyMail.com has contacted the Office of Emergency Management for comment.

The alert was reportedly related to the ongoing Route Fire, which has scorched 5,000 acres in Castaic, California, located in Los Angeles County, bringing temperatures into triple digits.

The fire has prompted mandatory evacuations from ‘Paradise Ranch Estates Mobile Park, including: Paradise Estates and all structures south of Templin Highway along Upper Ridge Route Rd are advised to evacuate north towards Gorman’.

Eight firefighters were treated for heat-related issues, including six who were sent to hospitals, but all were in fair condition.

Eight firefighters were treated for heat-related issues, including six who were sent to hospitals, but all were in fair condition.

Interstate 5 was also closed due to the progression of the fire.

Eight firefighters were treated for heat-related issues, including six who were sent to hospitals, but all were in fair condition, Los Angeles County Fire Department Deputy Chief Thomas Ewald said.

More injuries were expected as crews deal with extreme heat that is expected to last into next week, Ewald said during a Wednesday night news conference.

“Wearing heavy firefighting gear, carrying backpacks, dragging hoses, swinging tools, people are just taking a beating,” he said.

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