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An aircraft flies to drop fire retardant over the area of a wildfire burning near Pacific Palisades on the west side of Los Angeles during a weather driven windstorm on Jan. 7, 2025.
Editor's Note: This page is a summary of news on the Pacific Palisades fire for Wednesday, Jan. 8. For the latest updates on the Los Angeles wildfires in California, please read USA TODAY'S live ...
Editor's Note: This page is a summary of news on the Pacific Palisades fire for Tuesday, Jan. 7. For the latest updates on the California wildfires, please read USA TODAY'S live updates for ...
From January 7 to 31, 2025, a series of 17 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).
A CAL FIRE status report at 11:45 a.m. on January 8 said the fire had grown to 11,802 acres (4,776 ha), [23] a figure which had grown to 15,832 acres (6,407 ha) by 1:20 p.m. [24] In another press conference which began at 3:15 p.m., LAFD fire chief Kristin Crowley said that 1,792 personnel have been deployed to assist in fighting the fire ...
An update from the LA County Sheriff's Department shortly before 8:30 p.m. local time said the most intense fire activity was occurring on the southwestern side of the fire.
The fire crossed into Canada on July 30–31 and Level 3 evacuations (leave now) were downgraded to level 1 and 2 evacuations. [15] The fire approached to kilometers of Osoyoos, British Columbia on July 31, and the entire town of Osoyoos was on evacuation alert. [16] [17] The North Cascades Highway was closed for several days due to the ...
The fire retardant, which has been used for more than 50 years to tamp down wildfires, is mostly made up of salts that "alter the way the fire burns, decreases the fire intensity and slows the ...