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The Palisades Fire — the largest wildfire in the region — has burned more than 23,700 acres since it broke out the morning of Tuesday, Jan. 7, in the affluent Pacific Palisades neighborhood of ...
The Palisades Fire was a highly-destructive wildfire that began burning in the Santa Monica Mountains of Los Angeles County on January 7, 2025, which grew to destroy large areas of Pacific Palisades, Topanga, and Malibu before it was fully contained after 24 days on January 31.
A SoCal Gas employee looks at the destruction during aftermath of the Palisades Fire along Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, Calif., Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025.
An aircraft flies to drop fire retardant over the area of a wildfire burning near Pacific Palisades on the west side of Los Angeles during a weather driven windstorm on Jan. 7, 2025. California ...
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 ...
From January 7 to 31, 2025, a series of 17 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).
The map below shows just how rapidly the Palisades Fire spread, intensifying in a matter of hours. At just after 14:00 on Tuesday it covered 772 acres and within four hours it had approximately ...
An aerial view shows debris from burned properties, following the Palisades Fire at the Pacific Palisades neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, on Jan. 10, 2025.