BRENTWOOD, CALIFORNIA OCTOBER 29, 2019-From left, L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti, L.A. City Councilman Mike Bonin and California Governor Gavin Newsom view a burned and home along Tigertail Road in Brentwood Tuesday. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)

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Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, L.A. City Councilman Mike Bonin and California Gov. Gavin Newsom look at a home along Tigertail Road in Brentwood burned by the Getty fire. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)

BRENTWOOD, CALIFORNIA OCTOBER 29, 2019-From left, California Governor Gavin Newsom, L.A. City Councilman Mike Bonin, and L.A. City Mayor Eric Garcetti tour a burned home along Tigertail Road in Brentwood Tuesday. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, from left, with Los Angeles City Councilman Mike Bonin and L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti tour a home along Tigertail Road in Brentwood on Tuesday that was burned by the Getty fire. The National Weather Service issued a rare “extreme red flag warning” for Southern California through Thursday evening, saying winds could top 80 mph and be the strongest in more than a decade. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES TIMES Traffic continues as flames roar up a steep hillside near the Getty Center in Los Angeles. The blaze forced evacuations and has burned more than 600 acres.

Traffic on the 405 Freeway flows as flames roar up a steep hillside near the Getty Center in Los Angeles. The Getty fire has forced evacuations and burned more than 600 acres. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

The Getty fire broke out shortly before 2 a.m. along the 405 Freeway near the Getty Center and spread to the south and west, threatening thousands of homes in Brentwood and other Westside hillside communities, burning several homes and prompting widespread evacuations early Monday.

The Getty fire broke out shortly before 2 a.m. Monday along the 405 Freeway near the Getty Center and spread to the south and west, threatening thousands of homes in Brentwood and other Westside hillside communities. (KTLA)

Firefighters try to save a home from a wildfire on Tigertail Road, Monday, Oct. 28, 2019, in Los Angeles, Calif. (AP Photo/ Christian Monterrosa)

Firefighters try to save a home from the Getty fire on Tigertail Road in Los Angeles on Monday morning. (Christian Monterrosa/Associated Press)

LOS ANGELES, CALIF. -- MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2019: Fire fighting aircraft drops fire retardant in Mandeville Canyon near the Brentwood Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, Calif., on Oct. 28, 2019. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

A firefighting aircraft drops fire retardant on the Getty fire in Mandeville Canyon near the Brentwood Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times)

A man walks past a burning home during the Getty fire, Monday, Oct. 28, 2019, in Los Angeles, Calif. (AP Photo/ Christian Monterrosa)

A man walks past a burning home during the Getty fire in Los Angeles on Monday morning. (Christian Monterrosa/Associated Press)

The sun rises over smoke filled canyons above the Getty museum and a burned home on Tigertail Rd. as the Getty fire burns in Los Angeles

The sun rises over smoke-filled canyons above the Getty Center and a burned home on Tigertail Road as the Getty fire burns in Los Angeles. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES, CALIF. -- MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2019: Firefighters head out for brush work along Sepulveda Blvd. in the Sepulveda Pass as the Getty fire as it burns in Los Angeles, Calif., on Oct. 28, 2019. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Firefighters head out for brush work along Sepulveda Boulevard in the Sepulveda Pass as the Getty fire as it burns in Los Angeles. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times)

Firefighters try to save a home on Tigertail Road during the Getty fire, Monday, Oct. 28, 2019, in Los Angeles, Calif. (AP Photo/ Christian Monterrosa)

Firefighters try to save a home on Tigertail Road during the Getty fire in Los Angeles on Monday morning. (Christian Monterrosa/Associated Press)

LOS ANGELES, CALIF. -- MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2019: Firefighters work heavy brush along Sepulveda Blvd. in the Sepulveda Pass as the Getty fire burns in Los Angeles, Calif., on Oct. 28, 2019. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Firefighters work heavy brush along Sepulveda Boulevard in the Sepulveda Pass as the Getty fire burns in Los Angeles. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times)

An L.A. City firefighter sprays down hot spots on a home burned along the 12000 block of Sky Lane.

A firefighter sprays down hot spots on a home along the 12000 block of Sky Lane on Monday in Los Angeles. (Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times)

From left, Betsy Landis, 90, and her neighbor Nola Hyland, 79, who both evacuated from their homes at the end of Mandeville Canyon, talk with Rochelle Linnetz inside the Westwood Recreation Center on Sepulveda Boulevard that was turned into an evacuation center. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES, CALIF. -- MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2019: A LA City firefighter keeps down flames at a burned home in the 1100 block of Tigertail Rd. in the Brentwood Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, Calif., on Oct. 28, 2019. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

An L.A. firefighter keeps down flames at a burned home in the 1100 block of Tigertail Road in the Brentwood Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times)

Alex Holbrook, a student EMT at UCLA, talks with Sylvia Snow, 95 inside the Westwood Recreation Center on Sepulveda Blvd. that was turned into an evacuation center.

Alex Holbrook, a student emergency medical technician at UCLA, talks with Sylvia Snow, 95, inside the Westwood Recreation Center on Sepulveda Boulevard, which was turned into an evacuation center. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES, CALIF. -- MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2019: The sun rises over smoke filled canyon above the Getty museum as the Getty fire burns in Los Angeles, Calif., on Oct. 28, 2019. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

The sun rises over a smoke-filled canyon above the Getty museum as the Getty fire burns in Los Angeles. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times)

L.A. Fire Department Arson Section conduct an investigation near a utility pole of a possible area of origin of the Getty fire along the 1700 block of N Sepulveda Blvd.

L.A. Fire Department arson team conducts an investigation near a utility pole of a possible area of origin of the Getty fire along the 1700 block of North Sepulveda Boulevard. (Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times)

BRENTWOOD, CA-OCTOBER 28, 2019: Barn manager Stephanie Nagler, leads a warmblood horse named Howie Doin to a horse trailer while helping to evacuate around 120 horses from the Sullivan Canyon Equastrian Community, located near the intersection of Riviera Ranch Rd. and Sunset Blvd. in Brentwood. The Getty fire broke out before 2a.m. along the 405 freeway near the Getty Center and spread to the south and west, rapidly burning 400 acres. (Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times)

Barn manager Stephanie Nagler leads a horse named Howie Doin to a horse trailer while helping to evacuate around 120 horses from the Sullivan Canyon Equestrian Community near the intersection of Rivera Ranch Road and Sunset Boulevard in Brentwood. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

BRENTWOOD CA OCTOBER 28, 2019 -- A helicopter makes a drop on the Getty fire, which was threatening thousands of homes in Brentwood and other hillside communities on the west side of Los Angeles Monday morning, October 28, 2019. (Gray Coronado / Los Angeles Times)

A helicopter makes a drop on the Getty fire, which was threatening thousands of homes in Brentwood and other hillside communities on the Westside of Los Angeles on Monday morning. (Gray Coronado/Los Angeles Times)

Aerial view of homes shrouded in smoke from the Getty fire. (KTLA)

BRENTWOOD, CA-OCTOBER 28, 2019: Barn manager Stephanie Nagler, left, holds a rabbit named Chi Chi,while helping to evacuate animals, mostly horses, from the Sullivan Canyon Equastrian Community, located near the intersection of Riviera Ranch Rd. and Sunset Blvd. in Brentwood. The Getty fire broke out before 2a.m. along the 405 freeway near the Getty Center and spread to the south and west, rapidly burning 400 acres. (Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times)

Barn manager Stephanie Nagler, left, holds a rabbit named Chi Chi while helping to evacuate animals, mostly horses, from the Sullivan Canyon Equestrian Community near the intersection of Riviera Ranch Road and Sunset Boulevard in Brentwood. (Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES, CALIF. -- MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2019: Firefighters work the Getty fire as it burns homes along Tigertail Rd. in the Brentwood Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, Calif., on Oct. 28, 2019. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Firefighters work the Getty fire as it burns homes along Tigertail Road in the Brentwood Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES, CALIF. -- MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2019: Los Angeles Fire Department mops up after a home was destroyed by the Getty fire along Tiger Tale Rd. in Los Angeles, Calif., on Oct. 28, 2019. The Getty fire broke out shortly after 1:30 a.m. along the 405 Freeway near the Getty Center and spread to the south and west, rapidly burning more than 600 acres and sending people fleeing from their homes in the dark. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)

Los Angeles firefighters mop up after a home was destroyed by the Getty fire along Tigertail Road in Los Angeles. (Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES, CALIF. -- MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2019: Firefighters work in heavy brush along Sepulveda Blvd. in the Sepulveda Pass as the Getty fire burns in Los Angeles, Calif., on Oct. 28, 2019. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Firefighters work in heavy brush along Sepulveda Boulevard in the Sepulveda Pass as the Getty fire burns in Los Angeles. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times)

A firefighter watches a flames approach the Mandeville Canyon neighborhood during the Getty fire, Monday, Oct. 28, 2019, in Los Angeles, Calif. (AP Photo/ Christian Monterrosa)

A firefighter watches flames approach the Mandeville Canyon neighborhood during the Getty fire on Monday morning. (Christian Monterrosa/Associated Press)