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Late afternoon aerial view from October 2017, showing the hilly Bel Air neighborhood, immediately north of University of California, Los Angeles along I-405, where the Skirball Fire is burning in early December 2017. The lake is Stone Canyon Reservoir. Map of the Skirball Fire and adjacent fires
Multiple major wildfires, including the Palisades Fire and Eaton Fire, are leaving a trail of destruction and death in the Los Angeles area. ... Maps: See how large the California wildfires are ...
On December 19, the Thomas Fire reached 272,000 acres (1,100 km 2), with 55% containment, surpassing the burn area of the Rush Fire in California to become the second-largest wildfire in modern California history. [68]
[14] [15] At the time, the Thomas Fire was California's largest modern wildfire, which has since been surpassed by the Mendocino Complex's Ranch Fire in 2018. The December 2017 fires forced over 230,000 people to evacuate, with the 6 largest fires burning over 307,900 acres (1,246 km 2) and more than 1,300 structures. [16] [17]
The largest of the blazes, the Palisades Fire, is more than 33 square miles. That’s half the land size of Washington, D.C. A second fire, the Eaton Fire, is now more than 22 square miles.
L.A. fire maps show Palisades, Eaton and more fires in California right now Emily Mae Czachor, John Kelly, Taylor Johnston, Grace Manthey Updated January 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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.
[17] [23] [24] [25] The Mendocino Complex Fire burned more than 459,000 acres (186,000 ha), becoming the largest complex fire in the state's history at the time, with the complex's Ranch Fire surpassing the Thomas Fire and the Santiago Canyon Fire of 1889 to become California's single-largest recorded wildfire.