A huge section of southern California was ablaze Tuesday night as the Pacific Palisades fire continued to spread westward, a fire map shows.

The fire erupted at around 10.30am, when authorities announced that it spanned 200 acres. But within half an hour, the inferno expanded to an cover 770 acres.

It has since reached over 1,200 acres, and is destroying about ‘three football fields’ of land every sixty seconds.

As of Tuesday evening, flames extend as far west as Malibu and as far east as Topanga State Park, according to the fire map released by the Los Angeles County Bureau of Land Management.

That entire area remains under evacuation orders, as California Department of Forest and Fire Protection warned there is an ‘immediate threat’ to their lives.

‘This is a lawful order to LEAVE NOW,’ the department said. ‘The area is lawfully closed to public access.’ 

More than 30,000 people have since heeded the call to flee the City of Angels, as California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that ‘many structures’ had already been destroyed and more than 1,300 remained under threat Tuesday night.

The situation may only get worse overnight, officials warned, amid ‘life-threatening, destructive’ winds.

More than 100 firefighters and strike teams are now working to get the blaze under control

More than 100 firefighters and strike teams are now working to get the blaze under control, as it moves west amid wind gusts of up to 50 miles per hour, according to The New York Times. 

Southern California Edison (SCE) also shut off power to Cuthbert, Galahad, and parts of Malibu in an effort to contain the blaze.

As of Tuesday evening, more than 33,000 Los Angeles residents were without power, the vast majority of whom have their power provided by SCE, according to poweroutage.us. 

The company expected the power to be out for at least eight hours, but noted it could be longer if crews need daylight to visibly inspect power lines and equipment. 

That inspection is required before SCE can restore power.