A two hundred fifty foot long, thirty to fifty foot wide sliding chunk of muddy hillside slammed into two homes down below in Encino. Gordon Tokumatsu reports for the NBC4 News on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019.
A voluntary evacuation order was in effect Tuesday morning for 14 homes in an Encino neighborhood where a house and guest house were damaged Monday by a rain-fueled mud flow.
A grading expert examined the hillside Monday night and determined no additional slide was anticipated, but as a precaution the voluntary evacuation order was issued about 10 p.m. for the homes on Boris and Martson drives, according to Margaret Stewart of the Los Angeles Fire Department.
A geologist and grading expert will conduct further evaluation after first light today, Stewart said.
A wall of mud flowed onto the property at 17986 Boris Drive about 5 p.m. Monday, Stewart said.
All three adult occupants were able to escape safely, she said.
The guest house was moved off its foundation and was red-tagged, meaning it was deemed unsafe to occupy and the main house was yellow-tagged, Stewart said.
