Nursing Home Patients Raced Across Street to Escape Raging Los Angeles Wildfire as Winds Exceed 85 MPH (VIDEO)

Evacuations were underway as a massive wildfire raged out of control and engulfed homes in Pacific Palisades, California, on Tuesday.

Thousands have evacuated and the fire has grown to more than 2,900 acres, according to The Los Angeles Times.

Gusty Santa Ana winds are making it nearly impossible for firefighters to contain the blaze.

According to Accuweather, wind gusts will exceed 85 miles per hour overnight.

Nursing home patients in Pasadena were being raced across roadways as the fire quickly spread due to gusty winds.

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Breaking News!! Patients being raced across the roadways extreme fire danger in Pasadena #eatonfire #breaking pic.twitter.com/GwPzxl6eXJ

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Caretakers quickly wheeled elderly nursing home patients across the street as the fires raged.

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The elderly patients from the Terraces at Park Marino were evacuated and safely relocated.

#BREAKING: Multiple homes are now on fire in Altadena as the #EatonFire explodes in size. Crews race to evacuate elderly patients from a Pasadena care home as embers and smoke surround the facility. Watch Eyewitness News on air, on the ABC7 app, and at https://t.co/g9x35nVIhJ pic.twitter.com/c80lnPHG2g

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Mandatory evacuations were underway in Pasadena.

The fire ravaged a hillside near Pasadena.

Hell unleashed in Eaton near Pasadena as wildfire forces mandatory evacuationspic.twitter.com/nwtW73NNnd

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