Calabasas Fire

Wildfire in Los Angeles County, October 1996

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/5159/calabasas-fire-1996

Key facts

Started October 21, 1996
Contained November 4, 1996, after 14 days
Burned 12,189 acres
12th largest fire of 1996
Cause Not recorded
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Where it burned

County

  1. Los Angeles County 12,189 acres

Communities

  1. Calabasas 2,264 acres
  2. Malibu 1,818 acres
  3. Pepperdine University 182 acres

Acres are the land the fire burned in each county and community, and places where it burned less than an acre are not listed. Communities are cities, towns and the unincorporated places the Census Bureau names, so land outside any of them is counted only in its county.

The same land, other fires

Burned before

  1. 1935 Malibu Fire 28,195 acres in total 5,013 acres shared
  2. 1942 Las Flores N. 47 Fire 5,841 acres in total 1,479 acres shared
  3. 1943 Woodland Hills #65 Fire 14,919 acres in total 5,769 acres shared
  4. 1953 Unnamed fire 169 acres in total 138 acres shared
  5. 1956 Hume Fire 2,194 acres in total 392 acres shared
  6. 1956 Sherwood/Zuma Fire 35,170 acres in total 1,243 acres shared
  7. 1958 Unnamed fire 4,240 acres in total 2,864 acres shared
  8. 1958 Unnamed fire 18,120 acres in total 4,134 acres shared
  9. 1967 Latigo Fire 2,869 acres in total 732 acres shared
  10. 1970 Wright Fire 28,202 acres in total · Cause: Debris burning 12,049 acres shared
  11. 1980 Las Virgenes Fire 2,521 acres in total 2,446 acres shared
  12. 1982 Dayton Canyon Fire 43,097 acres in total 4,545 acres shared
  13. 1984 Gun Fire 124 acres shared
  14. 1985 Piuma Fire 5,391 acres in total 4,077 acres shared
  15. 1993 Old Topanga Fire 16,202 acres in total 2,770 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2007 Canyon Fire 3,839 acres in total · Cause: Power lines 2,358 acres shared
  2. 2007 Corral Fire 4,708 acres in total 2,317 acres shared
  3. 2018 Woolsey Fire 89,551 acres in total · Cause: Power lines 6,408 acres shared
  4. 2024 Franklin Fire 4,124 acres in total 3,646 acres shared
  5. 2025 Palisades Fire 23,449 acres in total 58 acres shared

And 18 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Calabasas Fire, and fires that shared less than an acre are not counted. Some older or smaller fires may be missing, and a fire perimeter can include unburned patches. How to read fire history

Sources

Fire history
CAL FIRE Fire and Resource Assessment Program
Published 28 July 2026
Building damage
CAL FIRE Damage Inspection
Updated 19 October 2026

This site is independent and not affiliated with CAL FIRE or the CPUC, so for an official determination, check with the agency or your city or county. How we read the data