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From January 7 to 31, 2025, a series of 7 destructive wildfires affected the Los Angeles metropolitan area and San Diego County in California, United States. [5] The fires were exacerbated by drought conditions, low humidity, a buildup of vegetation from the previous winter, and hurricane-force Santa Ana winds, which in some places reached 100 miles per hour (160 km/h; 45 m/s).
Name County Acres Start date Containment date [a] Notes Ref. Palisades: Los Angeles: 23,448: January 7: January 31: Evacuations forced; destroyed 6,837 structures and damaged 1,017 in Pacific Palisades and Malibu, northwest of Santa Monica; twelve confirmed fatalities and four confirmed injuries; third-most destructive wildfire in California history; associated with extremely powerful Santa ...
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 ...
Firefighters continue to battle several wildfires around the Los Angeles area as of Sunday. The nearly 100-year-old Topanga Ranch Motel was destroyed in the blaze on Tuesday night.
A Los Angeles County fire official said an untold number of significant injuries were linked to two of the fires, and a city official in Los Angeles described Tuesday night as "one of the most ...
Fires burn tens of thousands of acres in Los Angeles area. The Palisades Fire started burning around 10:30 a.m. local time on Tuesday and has scorched more than 17,000 acres between Santa Monica ...
San Clemente Island: Los Angeles: 13,000: July 24: July 30: Burned more than one-third of San Clemente Island, damaging electrical infrastructure for the naval base there. [76] Nixon: Riverside, San Diego: 5,222: July 29: August 7: Forced evacuations near Anza. Destroyed 23 structures and damaged three. Human caused. [77] [78] Pedro: Mariposa ...
The Palisades Fire began at around 10:30 a.m. local time on Tuesday, Jan. 7, burning on the west side of Los Angeles County, including the Pacific Palisades and Malibu.