January 2025 Southern California wildfires
Series of wildfires in California, United States
Summary
From January 7 to 31, 2025, 14 destructive wildfires affected the Los Angeles metropolitan area and San Diego County in California, United States. The fires were exacerbated by drought conditions, low humidity, a buildup of vegetation from the previous winter, and hurricane-force Santa Ana winds, which in some places reached 100 miles per hour. The wildfires killed at least 31 people, forced more than 200,000 to evacuate, destroyed more than 18,000 homes and structures, and burned more than 57,529 acres of land.
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5/17/2026, 6:40:22 PM
Recent revisions
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/* Water supplies */ Remove ambiguous "they". The source does not provide specifics on who constructed the dam other than "city leaders".
/* Entertainment and sports industries */ match orderings of studios and films
Improved citations
adjusted image sizes for readability; removed excess spaces
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Undid revision [[Special:Diff/1350740565|1350740565]] by [[Special:Contributions/~2026-24929-57|~2026-24929-57]] ([[User talk:~2026-24929-57|talk]]) Removing vandalism
clean up, [[WP:AWB/T|typo(s) fixed]]: m³ → m<sup>3</sup> (5), On February 2026 → In February 2026, aren’t → aren't, Barbara based → Barbara-based, a extremely → an extremely
/* Criticism of the Los Angeles Fire Department */
/* Lead-up */ Copyediting.
Suspect was charged so added name.
fix typo (2x)
/* Transportation */ updated agency to official referred name
Added "Palisades Fire" hyper link to text
/* Criticism of the Los Angeles Fire Department */ Expand
/* Reactions */ Expand, criticism of LAFD and Mayor Bass
