The Los Angeles City Emergency Management Department said an emergency alert to phones warning residents of possible evacuations was sent to the entire county by mistake, adding evacuation orders have not changed.

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 second alert followed the first, explaining that it was meant only for people near the Kenneth Fire, a new brush fire that ignited Thursday afternoon.

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

As wildfires rage for the third consecutive day through parts of Los Angeles, now including the Hollywood Hills, several neighborhoods have been forced to

An evacuation warning alert for the Kenneth Fire was mistakenly sent to residents across all parts of Los Angeles County due to an error by the county’s office of emergency management, officials confirmed to SFGATE.

Some residents across Los Angeles County woke up Friday to a wireless emergency evacuation alert, but county officials confirmed it was another "erroneous" message.

An emergency alert about an evacuation warning was sent to cellphones across Los Angeles County -- but the alert was issued in error. The alert was intended only for Calabasas, Agoura Hills and West Hills residents near the Kenneth Fire.

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

An emergency alert issuing an evacuation warning for all of Los Angeles County was sent out by accident, according to officials.