Los Angeles County residents were left puzzled and concerned after receiving wildfire evacuation alerts that were later deemed to be erroneous. The alerts, which were mistakenly sent out on Thursday and Friday, were attributed to cell phone towers coming back online after being offline due to the disaster.
Kevin McGowan, director of Los Angeles County Office of Emergency Management, explained during a news conference that the outdated alerts were cached in the system and were released to the public as the cell towers regained connectivity.
