As devastating wildfires proceed to tear by means of neighborhoods throughout L.A., displaced residents are scrambling to search out shelter — however many are developing empty-handed as the town’s most well-known motels are at full capability … TMZ has discovered.
We have spoken to of us at a number of motels throughout the town who inform us they have been totally 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 a couple of cancelations had freed up rooms early on, these vacancies had been instantly stuffed by evacuees in search of shelter. The lodge is providing a ten% low cost to visitors 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 effectively. The Lodge Bel-Air is nearing capability with potential visitors going through a 30-minute wait time to talk with a reservations consultant. The Ritz-Carlton in Marina del Rey has stuffed each obtainable room.
The fires have destroyed hundreds 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 hundreds 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.