As devastating wildfires proceed to tear via neighborhoods throughout L.A., displaced residents are scrambling to search out shelter — however many are arising empty-handed as the town’s most well-known motels are at full capability … TMZ has discovered.
We have spoken to people at a number of motels throughout the town who inform us they have been absolutely booked since Tuesday afternoon, shortly after flames started ravaging the celeb-filled Pacific Palisades neighborhood.
Amongst them, The Peninsula Lodge in Beverly Hills has reached capability. Whereas just a few cancelations had freed up rooms early on, these vacancies have been instantly stuffed by evacuees searching for shelter. The resort is providing a ten% low cost to friends affected by the wildfires.
Different motels — together with The Beverly Hills Lodge, Waldorf Astoria, 4 Seasons, and SLS in Beverly Hills — are utterly booked as properly. The Lodge Bel-Air is nearing capability with potential friends going through a 30-minute wait time to talk with a reservations consultant. The Ritz-Carlton in Marina del Rey has stuffed each accessible room.
The fires have destroyed 1000’s of acres of land and buildings, together with properties owned by celebs. As flames continued to unfold, a brand new blaze in a single day in Pasadena prompted further evacuations, including to the tens of 1000’s of residents displaced all through the L.A. space.
Officers have but to find out the causes of the wildfires, which have left a path of destruction and uncertainty of their wake.