Evacuation orders and an alarm sound were mistakenly sent to residents all over Los Angeles County. The alert was meant only for those affected by the Kenneth Fire.

A wireless emergency evacuation alert was sent to residents across Los Angeles County on Thursday afternoon. However, it was meant for people in the order and warning zones for the Kenneth Fire in Woodland Hills.

Around 4:15 p.m., another alert was sent out by the the Los Angeles County Office of Emergency Management asking residents to disregard the previous alert, as it was only intended for the Kenneth fire, which erupted near West Hills bordering Los Angeles and Ventura counties earlier in the afternoon.

A technical error triggers countywide evacuation alerts in Los Angeles, causing confusion and panic as wildfires continue to rage through parts of the city.

The emergency alert caused confusion for untold residents for more about 20 minutes until a second message was sent announcing the error.

While the message was intended for residents of Woodland Hills, officials say the registration location of the phones might have caused a wider distribution.

An evacuation alert was mistakenly sent to 10 million Los Angeles County residents and then retracted more than 20 minutes later, adding to tensions as Southern California endured a third day of catastrophic fires.

An alert to evacuate from the Los Angeles County Fire department Thursday afternoon appeared to have been sent in error.