Firefighters were slowly making progress in their battle to contain the inferno that has razed swathes of Los Angeles' Pacific Palisades neighborhood to the ground, but still-spreading flames threatened communities in the populous San Fernando Valley on Sunday.
Firefighters in the San Fernando Valley are responding to a brush fire in Sylmar as crews in Pacific Palisades and Altadena battle other brush fires that have triggered evacuation orders in their respective areas.
Thousands of firefighters were battling at least three separate blazes on Wednesday, from the Pacific Coast inland to Pasadena. Track them live.
Los Angeles, United States - January 14, 2025 01/14/2025 12:00 am (GMT-0800) SAN FERNANDO VALLEY, Calif. – Overnight strong winds B-Role in the San Fernando Valley. Time Code: 0:00 - 1:30 Porter Ranch location.
Meteorologists said there was a chance the winds would be as severe as those that fueled the Palisades and Eaton fires, but that different locations would likely be affected.
The Santa Ana wind forecast for Southern California has worsened, and forecasters now expect to issue a red flag fire weather warning starting Monday.
A damaging Santa Ana wind event was peaking early Wednesday and was expected to stay strong through early afternoon.
The San Fernando and San Gabriel valleys are expected to see winds at 30 to 50 mph until Wednesday evening, with widespread gusts even higher, weather officials said
We’re tracking the fires in Los Angeles, California. See maps of recently burned areas and key locations in the vicinity of the fire.
The new alert is an unprecedented fifth issuance of a “particularly dangerous situation” enhancement to a red flag warning in a single season by the weather service’s Oxnard office, which covers Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties.
More residents were returning to their homes in the Pacific Palisades area Monday, with containment of the deadly Palisades Fire growing to 59% ahead of another dangerous Santa Ana wind event that could bring isolated gusts as high as 100 mph.
A particularly dangerous situation red flag warning is in place from noon Monday to 10 a.m. PT Tuesday for a large portion of Ventura and Los Angeles counties.