Evacuated residents are waiting in their cars for hours to get permission to return to Los Angeles neighborhoods devastated by the Palisades Fire, which has been burning for three weeks and destroyed thousands of homes and other structures.

For the first time since the devastating Palisades fire ignited on Jan. 7, all Pacific Palisades residents can now return to their properties.

For the first time since the devastating fire erupted, all Pacific Palisades residents are allowed to return home

All Pacific Palisades residents are now allowed to return home for first time since the devastating fire broke out earlier this month.

Some Pacific Palisades residents said they waited on line for more than two hours Tuesday to get approval to go back to their homes.