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| Palisades Fire Part of the January 2025 Southern California wildfires | |
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&sq=&lang=en&file=File:PalisadesFire_fromDowntown.png) The fire viewed from the TCW Tower in downtown Los Angeles at 5:47:35 p.m. on January 7, 2025 | |
| Date(s) | January 7, 2025 10:30 a.m. (PST) |
| Location | Los Angeles County, California, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 34°4′21″N 118°32′33″W / 34.07250°N 118.54250°W |
| Statistics[1] | |
| Status | Ongoing wildfire |
| Perimeter | 17% contained as of January 14, 2025, 7:00 am (PST) |
| Burned area | >23,713 acres (9,596 ha; 96 km2; 37 sq mi) |
| Impacts | |
| Deaths | 8 |
| Non-fatal injuries | 3+ |
| Evacuated | >105,000 |
| Structures destroyed | >5,300 |
| Ignition | |
| Cause | Under investigation |
| Map | |
&sq=&lang=en&file=File:2025_Palisades_Fire_map.png) Palisades Fire footprint as of January 12 | |
The Palisades Fire is a wildfire burning in the Santa Monica Mountains of Los Angeles County in Southern California which has killed at least eight people. As of January 13, 2025[update], at 11:13 a.m. PST, the fire had spread to 23,713 acres (9,596 ha; 95.96 km2; 37.052 sq mi), destroying the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles and nearby Malibu. It is the first and largest of a series of wildfires in and around the city of Los Angeles being driven by an extreme Santa Ana wind event. On January 8, Wildfire Alliance statistics indicated that the fire is the most destructive fire in Los Angeles history, surpassing the Sayre Fire in Sylmar in 2008 which destroyed 604 structures[citation needed]. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.[1]
- ^ a b "Palisades Fire". California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. January 13, 2025. Archived from the original on January 7, 2025. Retrieved January 13, 2025.