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2025 California wildfires

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2025 California wildfires
Satellite view of the smoke plume from the Palisades Fire on January 7, 2025.
Statistics[1]
Total fires35
Total area23,026 acres (9,318 ha; 93.18 km2; 35.978 sq mi)
Impacts
Deaths2
Season
← 2024

The 2025 California wildfire season is an ongoing series of wildfires burning throughout the U.S. state of California.

List of wildfires

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The following is a list of fires that burned more than 1,000 acres (400 ha), produced significant structural damage, or resulted in casualties.

Name County Acres Start date Containment date Notes Ref.
Palisades Los Angeles 15,832 January 7
0% contained
Evacuations forced; destroying homes in Pacific Palisades, northwest of Santa Monica. Associated with extremely powerful Santa Ana wind event. [2][3][4]
Eaton Los Angeles 10,600 January 7
0% contained
Evacuations forced; destroying structures in Altadena & Pasadena. Associated with extremely powerful Santa Ana wind event. [5]
Hurst Los Angeles 700 January 7
0% contained
Evacuations forced. Associated with extremely powerful Santa Ana wind event. [6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2025 Incident Archive". California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CalFire). Retrieved January 7, 2025.
  2. ^ "Palisades Fire". California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
  3. ^ "Wildfire forces evacuation of Pacific Palisades; homes destroyed". KTLA 5. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
  4. ^ "Palisades Fire Map". Watch Duty. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
  5. ^ "Eaton Fire". California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
  6. ^ "Hurst Fire". California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Retrieved January 7, 2025.