January 2025 Southern California wildfires

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.

A massive fire began near the Pacific Palisades neighborhood in Los Angeles, and burned about  of land. This fire led to massive evacuations to take place. 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. Immediate evacuation orders are only for people living in Santa Monica. At 12:11 pm PST on January 8, the City of Malibu told their residents to also evacuate.  

Firefighters responded to another fire in the Hollywood Hills area of Los Angeles County near Sunset Boulevard. The fire was put out shortly after it started.

Sixteen people have died in the fire.

Because of this NWS Los Angeles put out a PDS Red Flag Warning on January 14, 2025

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.

The fire was contained on January 31, 2025. At the time of containment, the wildfires killed at least 29 people, forced more than 200,000 to evacuate, and destroyed more than 18,000 homes and structures. The wildfires burned over  of land in total.


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