Bridge Fire

Wildfire in Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties, September 2024

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/8574/bridge-fire-2024

Key facts

Started September 8, 2024
Contained December 31, 2024, after 114 days
Burned 55,724 acres
3rd largest fire of 2024
Cause Not recorded
Buildings 81 destroyed, 17 damaged
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Los Angeles County 52,286 acres
  2. San Bernardino County 3,427 acres

Communities

  1. Wrightwood 1,212 acres
  2. Piñon Hills 278 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.

Buildings damaged

  1. Destroyed Over 50% damaged 81
  2. Major damage 25 to 50% damaged 3
  3. Minor damage 10 to 25% damaged 1
  4. Affected Up to 10% damaged 13

Buildings CAL FIRE inspected after the fire, by how badly each was damaged. Inspectors record homes, businesses and outbuildings within 100 meters of the fire, and cannot always reach every one, so the counts can differ slightly from other reports.

The same land, other fires

Burned before

  1. 1903 Unnamed fire 3,269 acres shared
  2. 1909 Shoemaker Fire 449 acres shared
  3. 1919 San Gabriel Fire 54,610 acres in total 14,800 acres shared
  4. 1937 Fish Fork Cyn #155 Fire 870 acres shared
  5. 1938 San Antonio Cyn Fire 3,322 acres in total 1,160 acres shared
  6. 1942 Mundorf No. 172 Fire 3,190 acres in total 2,370 acres shared
  7. 1948 Mt. Baldy Fire 1,323 acres in total 464 acres shared
  8. 1953 Unnamed fire 684 acres shared
  9. 1953 Fish Fork Fire 24,610 acres in total 19,605 acres shared
  10. 1960 Unnamed fire 15,014 acres in total 414 acres shared
  11. 1960 Unnamed fire 22,736 acres in total 1,676 acres shared
  12. 1975 Village Fire 14,247 acres in total 7,004 acres shared
  13. 1980 Thunder Fire 10,009 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 1,456 acres shared
  14. 1994 Scout Fire 3,488 acres in total · Cause: Campfire 851 acres shared
  15. 1994 Heaton Fire Cause: Smoking 594 acres shared
  16. 1997 Narrows Fire 18,160 acres in total · Cause: Debris burning 17,483 acres shared
  17. 2002 Curve Fire 20,871 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 2,654 acres shared
  18. 2002 Williams Fire 38,119 acres in total · Cause: Arson 3,850 acres shared
  19. 2008 Bighorn Fire 499 acres shared
  20. 2012 Williams Fire 4,192 acres in total 1,155 acres shared

And 24 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Bridge 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