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LOS ANGELES – January 7, 2025 and the days that followed mark a significant time in Los Angeles <\/a>history.<\/p>\n It\u2019s the day the Eaton and Palisades fires first erupted in Los Angeles County <\/a>and once vivid communities turned to ash as 31 people were killed \u2013 19 in the Eaton Fire and 12 in the Palisades Fire.\u00a0<\/p>\n To add to the devastation, thousands of homeowners and business owners in Malibu<\/a>, Pacific Palisades<\/a>, Altadena<\/a>, lost everything\u2013 while schools<\/a> and places of worship<\/a> were also lost in the rubble.\u00a0<\/p>\n The night everything changed <\/p>\n In early January, forecasters with the National Weather <\/a>Service warned of a “life-threatening” and “destructive” windstorm headed for Southern California<\/a>. Unfortunately, those predictions came to fruition.\u00a0<\/p>\n PREVIOUS: ‘Life-threatening’ and ‘destructive’ windstorm headed to Southern California: What to know<\/a><\/p>\n Chaos erupts in the Pacific Palisades <\/p>\n Records from Cal Fire indicate it all started at 10:30 a.m. on Jan. 7 when the Palisades Fire first erupted. The fast-moving fire fueled by howling winds quickly spread across the coastal community and residents were ordered to evacuate their homes as parents rushed to pick up their children from school.\u00a0<\/p>\n People watch the smoke and flames from the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood on January 07, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Tiffany Rose\/Getty Images) (Getty Images)<\/p>\n Chilling video from that afternoon captured the moments those desperate to get out of the community ditched their vehicles to escape the fire\u2019s path.\u00a0<\/p>\n LAFD officials said dozens of vehicles were abandoned at the location, and a bulldozer was used to push some of the vehicles out of the intersection to prevent them from blocking traffic in and out of the area.<\/p>\n RELATED: Palisades fire chaos: Abandoned cars and traffic gridlock caught on video<\/a><\/p>\n See a gallery of the first day of the Palisades Fire below.\u00a0<\/p>\n Firefighters work at the site of a brush fire pushed by gusting Santa Ana winds on January 7, 2025 in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Qian Weizhong\/VCG via Getty Images) <\/p>\n \n From: Getty Images\n <\/p>\n Second massive wildfire erupts in the San Gabriel Valley <\/p>\n While local firefighters had their hands full in Pacific Palisades and Malibu, a second massive fire erupted roughly 38 miles away at Eaton Canyon in the Altadena community. The blaze continued to spread overnight as residents fled their homes.<\/p>\n SUGGESTED: Nursing home residents rescued from Altadena fire<\/a><\/p>\n See a gallery from the first night of the Eaton Fire below.\u00a0<\/p>\n Firefighters battle the Eaton Fire in strong winds as many homes burn on January 7, 2025 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by David McNew\/Getty Images) <\/p>\n \n From: Getty Images\n <\/p>\n Team coverage from FOX 11 that evening showed both fires had spread rapidly due to powerful Santa Ana winds. The winds were so strong, air tankers and helicopters were grounded that evening due to dangerous conditions and could not help in the firefight.\u00a0<\/p>\n FOX 11 has team coverage of the two fires, Palisades and Eaton, that has devastated the Pacific Palisades and Altadena and is posing a catastrophic threat to nearby areas like Malibu, Santa Monica and Pasadena.<\/p>\n Eaton and Palisades fires quickly grew overnight <\/p>\n The following morning, the Palisades Fire had grown to 2,921 acres while the Eaton Fire blackened 2,227 acres within hours.<\/p>\n Numbers from Cal Fire’s final report <\/p>\n The Palisades Fire was active for 24 days and eventually spread to 23,448 acres in Cal Fire’s final report.\u00a0<\/p>\n Damage assessment 973 structures damaged6,837 structures destroyed12 deaths3 injured1 confirmed firefighter injury <\/p>\n The firefight for the Eaton Fire<\/a> was also active for 24 days and grew to a total of 14,021 acres.\u00a0<\/p>\n RELATED: Human remains found in Eaton Fire area, bringing death toll to 19<\/a><\/p>\n Damage assessment 1,074 structures damaged9,414 structures destroyed19 deaths9 confirmed firefighter injuries <\/p>\n Click here for more on the investigations as communities continue to recover and rebuild<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Source: This story was written with information from Cal Fire and previous FOX 11 reports.\u00a0<\/p>\n Wildfires<\/a>Pacific Palisades<\/a>Malibu<\/a>Altadena<\/a>Instastories<\/a>Los Angeles County<\/a>California<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOS ANGELES – January 7, 2025 and the days that followed mark a significant time in Los Angeles…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":123720,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[5759,1184,7,9,8,2444,6086,47,137,9282,100,534,425,1181,19,535],"class_list":{"0":"post-123719","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-california","8":"tag-altadena","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-california-headlines","12":"tag-california-news","13":"tag-instastories","14":"tag-la-los-angeles-county","15":"tag-los-angeles","16":"tag-los-angeles-county","17":"tag-malibu","18":"tag-news","19":"tag-pacific-palisades","20":"tag-series","21":"tag-us","22":"tag-weather","23":"tag-wildfires"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/gettyimages-2192923196.jpg\")
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2 LA County fires torch Palisades, Pasadena areas<\/a> <\/p>\n