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Per the the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department: all evacuation orders and warning areas for the fire are under curfew from 6 p.m. Friday through 6 a.m. Saturday, Cal Fire reported. View an ...
An interactive map of evacuation orders and warnings related to the Eaton Fire can be found on Cal Fire's website. The below map of evacuation zones is current as of Sunday at 7:30 p.m. ET.
Multiple major wildfires are leaving a trail of destruction and death in the Los Angeles area.. A handful of wildfires that kicked up on Jan. 7, powered by high winds and dry conditions, have ...
Climate change in California has lengthened the fire season and made it more extreme from the middle of the 20th century. [4] [5]Since the early 2010s, wildfires in California have grown more dangerous because of the accumulation of wood fuel in forests, higher population, and aging and often poorly maintained electricity transmission and distribution lines, particularly in areas serviced by ...
Palisades Fire. Size: 23,713 acres Containment: 19% County: Los Angeles Since its discovery on Jan 7th, the fire caused eight civilian fatalities, destroyed 2,191 structures, damaged 397, and ...
It is the third-largest fire complex in California history. [77] [78] August Complex: Glenn, Mendocino, Lake, Tehama, Trinity, Shasta: 1,032,648 August 16: November 12: Information for the August Complex as a whole. Originally 38 separate fires, which later merged to become California's largest recorded wildfire.
The largest of the blazes, the Palisades Fire, is more than 33 square miles. That’s half the land size of Washington, D.C. A second fire, the Eaton Fire, is now more than 22 square miles.
The fire began near Lake Hughes Road near Castaic Lake and its cause is under investigation. [1] [4] It prompted evacuation orders in the region around Castaic Lake. [5] Due to the high Santa Ana winds in the area, the fire exploded to 5,000 acres just a few hours after it started, [4] and ballooned to 10,176 acres by the end of the day. [6]