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 | It has been suggested that Border 2 Fire, Hughes Fire and Hurst Fire be merged into this article. (Discuss) Proposed since March 2025. |
| January 2025 Southern California wildfires | |
|---|---|
| Part of the 2025 California wildfires | |
 Sentinel-3 satellite image of the Palisades (left) and Eaton (right) fires burning near Los Angeles, California, January 9, 2025 | |
| Date(s) | January 7–31, 2025 (24 days) |
| Location | Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego and Ventura counties, California |
| Statistics | |
| Burned area | Roughly 57,636 acres (23,324 ha; 90 sq mi; 233 km2) |
| Impacts | |
| Deaths | 28+ total (27+ direct,[1] 1 indirect[2]) |
| Missing people | 31+[3][4] |
| Evacuated | 200,000+ |
| Structures destroyed | 18,189+ destroyed or damaged |
| Ignition | |
| Cause | Under investigation, exacerbated by severe Santa Ana winds and drought conditions |
| Map | |
 Overview of major fires in the Greater Los Angeles area (map data) | |
From January 7 to 31, 2025, a series of 14 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). As of January 31, 2025[update], the wildfires have killed at least 29 people,[6] 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.[6]
Most of the damage was from the two largest fires: the Eaton Fire in Altadena and the Palisades Fire in Pacific Palisades, both of which were fully contained on January 31, 2025. Municipal fire departments and the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) fought the property fires and wildfires, which were extinguished by tactical aircraft alongside ground firefighting teams. The deaths and damage to property from these two fires made them likely the second and third-most destructive fires in California's history, respectively.[7]
- ^ Taft, Isabelle (January 17, 2025). "Update from Isabelle Taft". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 19, 2025. Retrieved January 17, 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 (January 16, 2025). "Update from Claire Moses". The New York Times. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
- ^ Bogel-Burroughs, Nicholas (January 13, 2025). "Update from Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 15, 2025. Retrieved January 15, 2025.
- ^ "Southern California wildfires fully contained after 24 days". aa.com. February 1, 2025. Archived from the original on February 2, 2025. Retrieved February 2, 2025.
- ^ a b "CALFIRE: Current Emergency Incidents". CAL FIRE. Archived from the original on January 30, 2025. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
- ^ "Los Angeles wildfires: Crews scramble to contain blazes ahead of high winds". CNN. January 13, 2025. Archived from the original on January 13, 2025. Retrieved January 13, 2025.