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The Eaton Fire, located north of Pasadena, ended up burning over 14,000 acres. It destroyed nearly 10,000 homes, businesses , schools and other structures and caused at least 17 confirmed deaths.
And fires are still starting. On Thursday evening the Kenneth Fire began burning in the San Fernando Valley just miles from a school that became a shelter for people escaping one of the other ...
Five major wildfires are currently burning in the Los Angeles area, according to Cal Fire. The Palisades Fire began in the Pacific Palisades area of the city on Tuesday. It has so far burned ...
The moisture helps fire crews to slow the wildfires that started burning on January 7. More than 28 people have died in the blazes. The major L.A. fires are all at least 80 percent contained.
Northern California typically sees wildfire activity between late spring and early fall, peaking in the summer with hotter and drier conditions. Occasional cold frontal passages can bring wind and lightning. The timing of fire season in Southern California is similar, peaking between late spring and fall.
Firefighters are still battling four major fires in Southern California residential areas, where stronger-than-normal Santa Ana winds and minimal humidity have spawned multiple blazes with more ...
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 ...
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).