Eyewitnesses from a Hollywood venture describe how a fast-moving Los Angeles wildfire engulfed a beautiful celebrity residence, abandoning their cars.

A tornado became common within hours Tuesday as the fire raced toward the Pacific Palisades area.

Thirty thousand people were ordered to evacuate as the blaze spread from 10 to several thousand acres west of the city.

Malibu Mom, Pacific Palisades is a haven of hilly streets and winding roads that sit against the Santa Monica Mountains and stretch along the coast along the Pacific Ocean.

But the main thoroughfare, Pacific Coast Highway, was quickly blocked and many drivers abandoned their vehicles near Sunset Boulevard.

One resident, Marsha Horowitz, told firefighters that people getting out of their cars sometimes reached 100 mph (160 mph) in the hills and foothills.

Another Pacific Palisades resident told ABC News she rushed home from her job in Hollywood after hearing about the layoffs.

Abandoning her car, she went home to catch her son. Flaming palms fell on her as she ran for safety.

“I was getting fire from the palm leaves and I ran to a car,” recommends the woman, whose name has not been released.

“It was so scary. Like a horror movie. I was crying in the street.”

“The fire is exactly against the cars,” she added.

Some evacuees described the doors burning as they fled.

Hollywood actor James Woods was among the celebrities forced to flee their properties.

Actor Steve Guberg, a Pacific Palisades resident, asked people who left their cars to leave their keys inside so the vehicles could make way for fire trucks.

Bulldozers then removed the abandoned vehicles to make way for emergency vehicles.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Jennifer Aniston, Bradley Cooper, Tom Hanks, Reese Witherspoon, Adam Sandler and Michael Keaton also own Pacific Palisade.

One resident, Melanie, told KTLA that she tried to get out, but the driveway was engulfed in flames and had to return home.

It was trying to take the Pacific Coast Highway to Palisades Drive and allegedly “had to make a U-turn at high speed because of the fire coming down the hill.”

“I should have driven out the fire.” “We’re stuck here. I don’t see the flames, but I already know.”

Residents of Venice Beach, about six miles (10 km) away, also reported seeing flames.

Kelsey Trainor was thrown as the gray flames jumped from one side of the road to the other.

“People are taking their dogs, babies and food out of their cars, hitting their lungs,” she said in an Associated Press news release.