Palisades Fire: FOX 11 reporter grabs garden hose to try to put out flames in Pacific Palisades

LOS ANGELES - The Palisades Fire continued to spread Tuesday evening, burning more than 1,200 acres in just a few hours. 

The fire broke out around 10:30 a.m. in the area of Piedra Morada and Monte Hermoso drives. The flames are being propelled by a "life-threatening" and "destructive" windstorm.

In just hours, more than 30,000 people were evacuated from the area. Now, according to officials, more than 13,000 structures are threatened by the flames. 

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FOX 11's Matthew Seedorff jumped into action Tuesday afternoon to help slow the flames in one neighborhood, grabbing a garden hose he found along Shadow Moutain Drive. He tried to put out some of the flames on the street and near one of the homes.

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Shortly after that, however, the home went up in flames.

"Horrible to see," Seedorff shared on X. "This is the home we just tried saving with a garden hose. Hoping firefighters can get this to slow down."

This home was one of at least seven in the area that had been destroyed by flames on Tuesday.