January 2025 Southern California wildfires
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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.
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