Eaton Fire

Wildfire in Los Angeles County, January 2025

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/8596/eaton-fire-2025

Key facts

Started January 8, 2025
Contained January 31, 2025, after 23 days
Burned 14,056 acres
8th largest fire of 2025
Cause Not recorded
Buildings 9,415 destroyed, 1,076 damaged
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Where it burned

County

  1. Los Angeles County 14,054 acres

Communities

  1. Altadena 3,314 acres
  2. Sierra Madre 629 acres
  3. Pasadena 389 acres
  4. Arcadia 134 acres
  5. Monrovia 63 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 9,415
  2. Major damage 25 to 50% damaged 70
  3. Minor damage 10 to 25% damaged 148
  4. Affected Up to 10% damaged 858

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. 1895 Unnamed fire 623 acres shared
  2. 1900 Big Fire 16,961 acres in total 2,409 acres shared
  3. 1900 Big Fire 2,521 acres in total 1,315 acres shared
  4. 1910 Unnamed fire 487 acres shared
  5. 1911 Unnamed fire 324 acres in total 311 acres shared
  6. 1917 Hastings Ranch Fire 551 acres in total 335 acres shared
  7. 1922 Unnamed fire 555 acres in total 544 acres shared
  8. 1923 Mt. Lowe Fire 643 acres in total 615 acres shared
  9. 1935 Las Flores No. 57 Fire 2,521 acres in total 1,315 acres shared
  10. 1953 Monrovia Peak Fire 14,061 acres in total 2,890 acres shared
  11. 1954 Monrovia Peak Fire 13,870 acres in total 2,892 acres shared
  12. 1961 Unnamed fire 922 acres in total 904 acres shared
  13. 1962 Unnamed fire 545 acres in total 435 acres shared
  14. 1969 Bole Fire 714 acres shared
  15. 1978 Mountain Trail Fire 1,288 acres shared
  16. 1979 Pinecrest/Usfs Fire 5,306 acres in total 5,041 acres shared
  17. 1993 Kinneloa Fire 5,454 acres in total 5,217 acres shared
  18. 1999 Santa Anita Ii Fire 736 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 506 acres shared
  19. 2008 Santa Anita Fire 554 acres shared
  20. 2009 Station Fire 160,833 acres in total · Cause: Arson 1,199 acres shared

And 39 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Eaton 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