Firefighters holding Eaton, Palisades fires in check, but new wind event is on the way

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LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The massive Eaton Fire and the Palisades Fire continue burning in Southern California days after erupting amid a powerful windstorm. Crews have made progress in the fight against the Palisades Fire after burning at least one structure in the Mandeville Canyon.

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Jan 12, 2025, 6:38 PM

Wildfires burning in SoCal: Numbers at a glance

Here are all the current wildfires burning in Southern California at a glance.

Palisades Fire

- 23,654 acres
- 11% containment
- 5 deaths
- 5,316 structures burned

Eaton Fire in San Gabriel Valley

- 14,117 acres
- 27% contained
- Approximately 7,081 structures believed to be damaged or destroyed (structures includes vehicles)
- 11 deaths
- 5 firefighter injuries

Kenneth Fire in West Hills

- 1,052 acres

- 100% contained

Hurst Fire in Sylmar

- 799 acres
- 89% contained

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Fire explodes to more than 1,200 acres, reaches beach in Malibu

The Pacific Palisades fire reached the Malibu coast Tuesday afternoon. The fire has exploded to 1,262 acres.

Road closures are in place for southbound Pacific Coast Highway at Las Flores Canyon Road and Topanga Canyon Boulevard. The road is also closed at Coastline Drive and southbound Pacific Coast Highway.

Video sent into our newsroom showed flames burning near the beach in Malibu close to the Pacific Coast Highway amid the Palisades Fire.
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Homes erupt in flames in Pacific Palisades as wildfire burns uncontrolled

Several homes erupted in flames in a residential area of Pacific Palisades on Tuesday afternoon as a massive wildfire continued to burn uncontrolled.

The hillside homes were burning around 2:30 p.m. in the 1200 block of Rimmer Avenue, on the edge of a residential area north of Sunset Boulevard.

The houses were among those under a mandatory evacuation order, but it was unclear if any residents were inside.

Several homes erupted in flames in a residential area of Pacific Palisades as a massive wildfire continued to burn uncontrolled.

Meanwhile, sections of the 10 Freeway and Pacific Coast Highway were closed to all non-essential traffic to aid in evacuation efforts. But other roads were blocked.

Some residents jumped out of their vehicles to get out of danger and waited to be picked up.

Kelsey Trainor, who lives in the Highlands above the Pacific Palisades, said the only road in and out of her neighborhood was completely blocked. Ash fell all around them while fires burned on both sides of the road.

"We looked across and the fire had jumped from one side of the road to the other side of the road," Trainor said. "People were getting out of the cars with their dogs and babies and bags, they were crying and screaming. The road was just blocked, like full-on blocked for an hour."

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Pacific Palisades couple devastated after losing home to Palisades Fire

A homeowner along Livorno Drive in the Marquez section of Pacific Palisades had to break it to his wife that they lost their home in the fire.

The firefighters appeared to have salvaged some items from the home's garage, but unfortunately, the rest of the residence looked to be a complete loss.

That wasn't the only home lost along Livorno Drive - several other residences were destroyed along the street as well.

A homeowner along Livorno Drive in the Marquez section of Pacific Palisades had to break it to his wife that they lost their home in the fire.
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Hundreds of abandoned cars on Sunset Blvd. pushed aside by fire dozer

Panicked drivers stuck in traffic trying to evacuate the Palisades Fire zone ditched their cars along Sunset Boulevard to flee from the approaching flames.

Hundreds of abandoned cars ditched by fleeing drivers along Sunset Boulevard were pushed out of the way by a fire bulldozer as crews made a path to reach the front lines of the blaze.

Palm trees lining the iconic boulevard were going up in flames, as the Palisades Fire pushed its forward momentum toward the ocean.

Hundreds of abandoned cars along Sunset Boulevard were pushed out of the way by a fire bulldozer as crews made a path to reach the front lines of the blaze.

The vehicles were left behind by people making a mad dash to evacuate the zone as flames closed in.