A walk-through on Sunset Boulevard on Thursday in downtown Palisades revealed a tiny microcosm of the havoc the Los Angeles wildfires have wreaked.

KTLA reporter Gene Kang was on Sunset Boulevard and Palisades Drive, which was packed with abandoned vehicles. A firefighter noted the vehicles had been left without their keys and blocking an evacuation route, preventing fire crews from accessing the area.

Emergency officials used a bulldozer to clear several cars that were abandoned along Sunset Blvd as the Palisades Fire roared close.

Firefighters used a bulldozer to shove abandoned vehicles aside on a roadway in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles on Tuesday, January 7, as the Palisades fire tore through houses in the neighborhood.