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An interactive map of evacuation orders and warnings related to the Eaton Fire can be found on Cal Fire's website. The below map of evacuation zones is current as of Sunday at 7:30 p.m. ET.
Since its discovery on Jan 7th, the fire has caused 16 civilian fatalities, destroyed 4,627 structures, damaged 486 and threatens almost 29,000, according to Cal Fire.
Editor's Note: The wildfires in California continue to rage. Click here for the latest evacuation orders for Wednesday, Jan. 15. A total of 24 people are dead, according to the Los Angeles County ...
Per the the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department: all evacuation orders and warning areas for the fire are under curfew from 6 p.m. Friday through 6 a.m. Saturday, Cal Fire reported.
Climate change in California has lengthened the fire season and made it more extreme from the middle of the 20th century. [4] [5]Since the early 2010s, wildfires in California have grown more dangerous because of the accumulation of wood fuel in forests, higher population, and aging and often poorly maintained electricity transmission and distribution lines, particularly in areas serviced by ...
From January 7 to 31, 2025, a series of 7 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).
Now they're absent from their typical haunts: a local park, yard, parking lot. "I have to really, really look for them," she said, "but the brown widows are everywhere."
The Northern California Geographic Coordination Center (commonly called 'North Ops') forecast stated that "Confidence is moderate to high for an early start to the significant large fire season." [12] In Northern California, peak fire season begins in the early summer (June–July) and runs until late fall, varying year to year.