January 2025 Southern California wildfires
| January 2025 Southern California wildfires | |
|---|---|
 Sentinel-3 satellite image of the Palisades (left) and Eaton (right) fires burning near Los Angeles, California, January 9, 2025 | |
| Location | Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego and Ventura counties, California |
| Statistics | |
| Date(s) | January 7–31, 2025 (24 days) |
| Burned area | Roughly 57,636 acres (23,324 ha; 90 sq mi; 233 km2) |
| Cause | Under investigation, exacerbated by severe Santa Ana winds and drought conditions |
| Buildings destroyed | 18,189+ destroyed or damaged |
| Deaths | 28+ total (27+ direct,[1] 1 indirect[2]) |
| Missing people | 31+[3][4] |
| Evacuated | 200,000+ |
| Map | |
 Overview of major fires in the Greater Los Angeles area (map data) | |
The January 2025 Southern California wildfires were a series of wildfires that started in the Los Angeles metropolitan area and surrounding areas on January 7, 2025. It spread quickly because of hurricane-force winds, very low humidity, and drought conditions.[5]
A massive fire began near the Pacific Palisades neighborhood in Los Angeles, and burned about 200 acres (81 ha; 0.31 sq mi; 0.81 km2) of land. This fire led to massive evacuations to take place.[5][6] The fire was reportedly expanding at the same rate as "three football fields of land per minute", with firefighters unable to put out the fire because of strong winds.[7] Immediate evacuation orders are only for people living in Santa Monica.[8] At 12:11 pm PST on January 8, the City of Malibu told their residents to also evacuate.[9]
Firefighters responded to another fire in the Hollywood Hills area of Los Angeles County near Sunset Boulevard.[5] The fire was put out shortly after it started.[10]
Sixteen people have died in the fire.[11]
Because of this NWS Los Angeles put out a PDS Red Flag Warning on January 14, 2025[12]
Most of the damage has been done by the two largest fires: the Palisades Fire in Pacific Palisades and the Eaton Fire in Altadena. They are likely the fourth and second most destructive fires in California's history, respectively.[13]
The fire was contained on January 31, 2025. At the time of containment, the wildfires killed at least 29 people,[14] forced more than 200,000 to evacuate, and destroyed more than 18,000 homes and structures. The wildfires burned over 57,000 acres (23,000 ha) of land in total.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Taft, Isabelle (17 January 2025). "Update from Isabelle Taft". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 19, 2025. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
- ↑ Pedersen, Erik; D'Alessandro, Anthony (January 16, 2025). "David Lynch Dies: 'Twin Peaks', 'Blue Velvet', 'Elephant Man' & 'Eraserhead' Visionary Was 78". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on January 16, 2025. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
- ↑ Moses, Claire (16 January 2025). "Update from Claire Moses". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
- ↑ Bogel-Burroughs, Nicholas (13 January 2025). "Update from Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 15, 2025. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Garrett, Monica; Gilbert, Mary (January 7, 2025). "Wildfires are breaking out in Southern California as the 'most destructive windstorm' in over a decade hits". CNN. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
- ↑ "Palisades Fire". www.fire.ca.gov. California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire). Retrieved January 7, 2025.
- ↑ Team, Andrew Curry and Los Angeles magazine Digital (January 7, 2025). "Pacific Palisades Wildfire Forces Mass Evacuations as Flames Devour Hillsides". LAmag - Culture, Food, Fashion, News & Los Angeles. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
- ↑ "Live updates: Pacific Palisades wildfire in Los Angeles, California orders evacuations". CNN. January 7, 2025. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
- ↑ "California wildfires live updates: New blazes erupt as crews battle Palisades Fire". NBC News. January 8, 2025. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
- ↑ "Fire explodes to more than 1,200 acres, reaches beach in Malibu". ABC7 Los Angeles. January 8, 2025. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
- ↑ Fry, Hannah; Haggerty; Toohey; Vives; Winton (2025-01-08). "At least 5 dead in L.A. County firestorms; more than 1,000 structures lost". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2025-01-09.
- ↑ NWS Southern Region HQ Fort Worth, Texas. "WWA Summary for Red Flag Warning". forecast.weather.gov. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
- ↑ "Los Angeles wildfires: Crews scramble to contain blazes ahead of high winds". CNN.
- ↑ "CALFIRE: Current Emergency Incidents". CAL FIRE. Archived from the original on January 30, 2025. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
This short article about the United States can be made longer. You can help Wikipedia by adding to it.