The J. Paul Getty Museum's priceless collection of artwork, which includes paintings by Van Gogh, Rembrandt, Monet and Degas, once again found itself in the path of destruction as the Palisades fire spread.

The museum, which describes itself as the “safest places for art during a fire,” is now in a mandatory evacuation zone. Officials said the galleries “are safe and protected.”

The Getty Villa says its collections are safe so far from the Palisades Fire. Here’s how the museum is protecting itself. The fast-moving wildfire has so far burned vegetation at the Pacific Palisades museum but not the building.

Flames made it to within 6 feet of the Getty Villa and yet it survived. Inside the museum’s powerful tools for disaster preparedness.

The authorities expanded mandatory evacuation orders to parts of the neighborhood on Friday night as the biggest blaze in the Los Angeles area grew rapidly.