Major brush fires burning in SoCal amid powerful windstorm

Last updated: Thursday, January 9, 2025 8:44AM GMT
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LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Firefighters are battling several wildfires across Los Angeles County, including in the Pacific Palisades, San Gabriel Valley, Sylmar and in the Hollywood Hills.

Red flag warnings are in effect and will and remain in place until 6 p.m. Friday for the Malibu coast, the Santa Monica Mountains Recreational Area, the San Gabriel Valley, the San Fernando Valley, Calabasas, the Santa Clarita Valley, the San Gabriel Mountains, and the 5 Freeway and 14 Freeway corridors.

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Jan 09, 2025, 8:43 AM

Wildfires burning in SoCal: Numbers at a glance

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

Sunset Fire in Hollywood Hills area

- 60 acres

- Mandatory evacuations

Eaton Fire in San Gabriel Valley

- 10,590 acres
- 100+ structures destroyed
- 5 deaths

Palisades Fire

- 17,234 acres

- 1,000 structures burned

Hurst Fire in Sylmar

- 855 acres

- 10% contained

Lidia Fire in Acton area

- 348 acres

- 40% contained

Woodley Fire in Sepulveda Basin

- 30 acres, contained

Tyler Fire

- 11 acres, contained

Jan 08, 2025, 6:39 PM GMT

Palisades Fire burns 5,000 acres, burns 1,000 structures

The Pacific Palisades fire has burned more than 5,000 acres and has destroyed an estimated 1,000 structures, officials said during a news conference Wednesday.

The fire remains 0% contained.

Jan 08, 2025, 6:25 PM GMT

VP Harris' Brentwood neighborhood evacuated due to Palisades fire

Vice President Kamala Harris' neighborhood in the Brentwood community in the Pacific Palisades was put under an evacuation order Wednesday morning due to the Palisades fire, according to a press secretary from Harris' office.

No one was home at the time.

"She and the Second Gentleman are praying for the safety of their fellow Californians, the heroic first responders, and Secret Service personnel," press secretary Ernie Apreza said in a post on X.

Harris and President Joe Biden are closely monitoring the wildfires and are in touch with state and local officials, Apreza added.

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Jan 08, 2025, 5:50 PM GMT

AIR7 provides 1st aerial view of wildfires

AIR7 was able to launch Wednesday morning, giving us the first aerial view of multiple wildfires burning across Los Angeles.

AIR7 provides first aerial image of wildfires burning in Los Angeles.
AIR7 provides first aerial image of wildfires burning in Los Angeles.

Shortly after 9:30 a.m., AIR7 was over the Eaton Fire near Altadena and showed several two-story homes burning in a residential neighborhood while others smoldered.

Watch the live aerial images in the video player above.

Jan 08, 2025, 5:47 PM GMT

Wildfires force road closures in Los Angeles County

Wildfires burning across Southern California amid a powerful windstorm are forcing roads and major freeways to close.

Near the Palisades fire in Pacific Palisades, a part of the Pacific Coast Highway is closed.

Due to the Eaton fire in Altadena, a portion of Altadena Drive is closed.

In Sylmar, due to the Hurst fire, a portion of westbound I-210 is closed.

See the full list of road closures here.