A wireless emergency evacuation alert was sent to residents across Los Angeles County on Thursday afternoon. However, it was meant for people in the order and warning zones for the Kenneth Fire in Woodland Hills.

Around 4:15 p.m., another alert was sent out by the the Los Angeles County Office of Emergency Management asking residents to disregard the previous alert, as it was only intended for the Kenneth fire, which erupted near West Hills bordering Los Angeles and Ventura counties earlier in the afternoon.

Another evacuation alert was mistakenly sent out to parts of L.A. County early Friday morning. The office of L.A. County Supervisor Kathryn Barger confirmed to KNX News 97.1 FM that the alert was sent by mistake.

The emergency alert caused confusion for untold residents for more about 20 minutes until a second message was sent announcing the error.

At least five people have been killed and thousands of structures have burned in wildfires raging in the Los Angeles area

A wireless emergency evacuation alert was intended for people near the Kenneth Fire in Woodland Hills, but instead, it went out to the whole county.

Ferocious winds that drove the flames and led to chaotic evacuations have calmed somewhat and were not expected to be as powerful during the day. That could provide an opportunity for firefighters to make progress reining in blazes that have hopscotched across the sprawling region,

Thousands of firefighters are battling at least five sprawling wildfires spread around the Los Angeles area, as well as several smaller blazes. Thousands of structures have been damaged or destroyed and more than 100,