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.

Fire officials moved approximately 30 abandoned vehicles on roadways to clear a way through as people fled the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles.

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

Authorities use bulldozers to remove cars that residents abandoned to flee the Palisades Fire that threatens thousands of California residents and their homes and businesses. (Credit: TNLA)

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

Local TV news is covering the Palisades Fire live as it unfolds, producing some surreal scenes that even longtime Los Angeles residents never have witnessed. Among those is the wild video of a giant bulldozer powering through dozens of cars — including Mercedes,

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.