Palisades Fire

Wildfire in Los Angeles County, January 2025

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/8595/palisades-fire-2025

Key facts

Started January 7, 2025
Contained January 31, 2025, after 24 days
Burned 23,449 acres
5th largest fire of 2025
Cause Not recorded
Buildings 6,845 destroyed, 975 damaged
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Where it burned

County

  1. Los Angeles County 23,439 acres

Communities

  1. Los Angeles 13,835 acres
  2. Topanga 2,938 acres
  3. Malibu 1,550 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 6,845
  2. Major damage 25 to 50% damaged 72
  3. Minor damage 10 to 25% damaged 171
  4. Affected Up to 10% damaged 732

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. 1928 Las Flores No. 59 Fire 273 acres shared
  2. 1936 Cold Creek No. 35 Fire 2,643 acres in total 611 acres shared
  3. 1938 Topanga No. 50 Fire 14,532 acres in total 13,709 acres shared
  4. 1942 Las Flores N. 47 Fire 5,841 acres in total 4,147 acres shared
  5. 1943 Woodland Hills #65 Fire 14,919 acres in total 687 acres shared
  6. 1948 Topanga No. 118 Fire 3,278 acres in total 199 acres shared
  7. 1956 Hume Fire 2,194 acres in total 1,652 acres shared
  8. 1958 Canoga Fire 5,116 acres in total 2,284 acres shared
  9. 1959 Unnamed fire 79 acres shared
  10. 1961 Unnamed fire 7,847 acres in total 5,346 acres shared
  11. 1970 Wright Fire 28,202 acres in total · Cause: Debris burning 4,407 acres shared
  12. 1973 Trippet Fire 2,831 acres in total 2,764 acres shared
  13. 1978 Mandeville/La City Fire 6,086 acres in total 4,749 acres shared
  14. 1980 Unnamed fire 100 acres shared
  15. 1985 Piuma Fire 5,391 acres in total 893 acres shared
  16. 1989 Unnamed fire 62 acres in total 61 acres shared
  17. 1993 Old Topanga Fire 16,202 acres in total 7,628 acres shared
  18. 1996 Calabasas Fire 12,189 acres in total 58 acres shared
  19. 2007 Canyon Fire 3,839 acres in total · Cause: Power lines 1,230 acres shared
  20. 2021 Palisades Fire 1,203 acres in total 366 acres shared

And 21 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Palisades 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