Franklin Fire

Wildfire in Los Angeles County, December 2024

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/8592/franklin-fire-2024

Key facts

Started December 9, 2024
Contained December 19, 2024, after 10 days
Burned 4,124 acres
29th largest fire of 2024
Cause Not recorded
Buildings 20 destroyed, 28 damaged
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Where it burned

County

  1. Los Angeles County 4,122 acres

Communities

  1. Malibu 870 acres
  2. Pepperdine University 134 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 20
  2. Major damage 25 to 50% damaged 5
  3. Minor damage 10 to 25% damaged 7
  4. Affected Up to 10% damaged 16

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. 1935 Malibu Fire 28,195 acres in total 2,211 acres shared
  2. 1942 Las Flores N. 47 Fire 5,841 acres in total 1,616 acres shared
  3. 1943 Woodland Hills #65 Fire 14,919 acres in total 1,622 acres shared
  4. 1956 Hume Fire 2,194 acres in total 533 acres shared
  5. 1958 Unnamed fire 18,120 acres in total 1,342 acres shared
  6. 1959 Unnamed fire 36 acres in total 30 acres shared
  7. 1970 Wright Fire 28,202 acres in total · Cause: Debris burning 4,104 acres shared
  8. 1976 Unnamed fire 23 acres shared
  9. 1982 Dayton Canyon Fire 43,097 acres in total 341 acres shared
  10. 1985 Piuma Fire 5,391 acres in total 3,751 acres shared
  11. 1993 Old Topanga Fire 16,202 acres in total 3,017 acres shared
  12. 1996 Calabasas Fire 12,189 acres in total 3,646 acres shared
  13. 2007 Malibu Fire 37 acres in total · Cause: Smoking 34 acres shared
  14. 2007 Canyon Fire 3,839 acres in total · Cause: Power lines 2,555 acres shared
  15. 2007 Corral Fire 4,708 acres in total 94 acres shared
  16. 2015 Malibu Fire 5 acres shared
  17. 2018 Woolsey Fire 89,551 acres in total · Cause: Power lines 1,272 acres shared
  18. 2019 Sweetwater Fire 18 acres in total 17 acres shared
  19. 2021 Knolls Fire 5 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2025 Palisades Fire 23,449 acres in total 50 acres shared

And 3 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Franklin 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