Eaton Fire

Eaton Fire
Part of the January 2025 Southern California wildfires
Smoke from the fire on January 8, with smoke from the Palisades Fire to its southwest
Date(s)January 7, 2025
6:18 pm (PST)
LocationLos Angeles County, California, United States
Coordinates34°12′18″N 118°05′17″W / 34.205°N 118.088°W / 34.205; -118.088
Statistics[1]
StatusOngoing wildfire
Perimeter55% contained as of
January 16, 2025, 5:52 am (PST)
Burned area14,117 acres (5,713 ha)
Impacts
Deaths17
Non-fatal injuries5
Evacuated100,000+
Structures destroyed~7000
Ignition
CauseUnder investigation
Map
Map
Interactive perimeter map of Eaton Fire (map data)

The Eaton Fire is an active wildfire burning in the Altadena area of Los Angeles County in Southern California. It began in the evening on January 7, 2025, in Eaton Canyon in the San Gabriel Mountains.[3] As of January 8, 2025, at 10:36 a.m. PST (UTC–8), the fire had spread to approximately 14,117 acres (5,713 ha). It is one of several fires being driven by the extremely powerful Santa Ana winds, along with the larger Palisades Fire.[4] As of January 14, 2025, it is the fifth deadliest fire in California history, killing 17 people.[5]

Evacuation orders have been sent out to the residents of Altadena, Kinneloa Mesa, La Cañada Flintridge, northern portions of Sierra Madre, Pasadena, Arcadia, and Monrovia, and northeastern portions of Glendale, including most of the San Rafael Hills.[6]

The cause of the fire is still under investigation.[1]

On January 13, 2025, two lawsuits were filed against Southern California Edison, alleging that their negligence and faulty power line sparked the fire.[2]

Progression

The fire began on January 7, 2025, at 6:15 p.m. PST in Eaton Canyon.[7] It rapidly expanded to over 1,000 acres (400 ha) by 12:07 a.m., fueled by a strong Santa Ana wind event,[8] with wind gusts of up to 100 mph (160 km/h) reported at the nearby Mount Lukens Truck Trail north of La Cañada Flintridge.[9] By 6:30 a.m., the fire had further grown to over 2,227 acres (901 ha), with 0% containment.[8]

The fire continued to grow quickly, and by 10:36 a.m., the fire had grown to over 10,600 acres (4,300 ha), still with 0% containment.[10] By 8:49 a.m. on January 12, 2025, authorities announced the fire was 27% contained.[11]

3,408 firefighting personnel have been assigned, along with 16 helicopters, 375 engines, 29 bulldozers, 50 crews, and 90 water tenders as of 7:00 a.m., January 13.[12]

Cause

According to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire), the cause of the fire is under investigation.[1] Residents of a home abutting Eaton Canyon who were some of the first people to report the fire to authorities told Pasadena Now that the fire began in proximity to electrical transmission towers above the canyon.[7]

Effects

View of the Eaton Fire from Woodland Hills, Los Angeles
A DC-10 Air Tanker drops fire retardant on the San Gabriel mountains to prevent further spread of the fire on January 13
Law enforcement and National Guard standing guard at the intersection of Montana Street and Fair Oaks Avenue, just south of the Pasadena–Altadena border on January 10

As of 4:00 a.m. PST on January 8, 52,314 residents and 20,890 structures had been placed under evacuation orders, with a further 46,847 residents and 18,051 structures placed under evacuation warnings. Numerous homes and cars in Altadena were destroyed; up to "90 to 95 percent" of Altadena residents had been evacuated as of 7 a.m..[8]

As of 8:10 a.m. on January 8, one firefighter injury had been reported,[13] over 200 structures had been destroyed,[14] and two civilians had died in the fire, along with "a number of significant injuries."[8] Later in the afternoon, sheriff Robert Luna reported five civilian fatalities in a press conference, and the estimated number of evacuees was raised to over 100,000.[15][8]

By the afternoon of January 8, over 100 animals had been received at the Pasadena Humane animal shelter, many of which had received burn injuries.[16] The fire and the resulting firefighting effort contaminated the water supply of the evacuation zones to unsafe levels in both Pasadena and Foothill.[1]

The Pasadena Unified School District, the Los Angeles Unified School District, and 23 other surrounding school districts, announced the closure of all schools in the district for Wednesday, January 8 in response to the fire.[17] Closures for January 8 were also announced by Pasadena City College, Fuller Theological Seminary, and the California Institute of Technology.[18][19][20] Many of these closures were extended to Thursday, January 9, and Friday, January 10.[21]

Flames on Mount Wilson may be affecting local broadcast signals; Mount Wilson Observatory has been evacuated.[22] Local broadcasters KLOS-FM, KABC-TV, and PBS SoCal temporarily lost over-the-air signals on January 9.[23] The NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) was also evacuated, with operations for the NASA Deep Space Network moved to a back-up command center offsite.[24]

By January 10, a 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew was implemented for the evacuated areas of Altadena and roadblocks into the area were put in place by the California National Guard.[25]

Starting on January 10,[26] thousands of volunteers and donators convened at the Santa Anita Park parking lot to assist those displaced and impacted by the fire.[27]

Structures destroyed

Ruins of Altadena Community Church
The Davies Memorial Building of Farnsworth Park destroyed by the Eaton Fire
Damage to a home and vehicle in northern Altadena

About 7,000 structures had been destroyed as of January 10.[28] The fire destroyed residential sections of Altadena that were settled by African-Americans who moved west in the 1920s and 1930s, during the Great Migration, and had created a working and middle-class neighborhood that had persisted for over a century.[29]

Among the historic or culturally significant structures destroyed are:

See also

Little Tujunga Hotshots Check for Hot Spots on Eaton Fire

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Eaton Fire". California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. January 13, 2025. Retrieved January 13, 2025.
  2. ^ a b Baker, Liz; Meyers, Zoe (January 13, 2025). "Lawsuits allege power company involvement in LA wildfires". Los Angeles & Washington, D.C.: NPR. Archived from the original on January 14, 2025.
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  4. ^ Fioresi, Dean (January 7, 2025). "Eaton Fire erupts in canyons above Altadena". CBS News. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  5. ^ Bogel-Burroughs, Nicholas (January 15, 2025). "Update from Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs". The New York Times. Retrieved January 15, 2025.
  6. ^ "Incidents". CAL FIRE. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
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  9. ^ Mather, Katie (January 8, 2025). "National Weather Service reports wind gusts up to 100 mph in Los Angeles". Yahoo News. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
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  11. ^ "Eaton Fire: Incident Update on 01/12/2025 at 8:49 AM | CAL FIRE". www.fire.ca.gov. Retrieved January 13, 2025.
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  14. ^ Radford, Antoinette; Yan, Holly; Rose, Andy; Mascarenhas, Lauren; Hammond, Elise; Sangal, Aditi; Ramirez, Rachel; Romine, Taylor; Powell, Tori B.; Tucker, Emma; Regan, Helen; Tsui, Karina; Park, Hanna (January 8, 2025). "Live updates: Los Angeles wildfires kill at least 5, Palisades and Eaton fires raging on". CNN. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
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  18. ^ "Eaton Fire/Wind Storm: Live Updates". ColoradoBoulevard.net. January 8, 2025. Archived from the original on January 9, 2025. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  19. ^ Davidson, Elijah (January 7, 2025). "Pasadena Campus Closed Tuesday, January 7 and Wednesday, January 8". Fuller Theological Seminary. Archived from the original on January 9, 2025. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  20. ^ Caltech [@Caltech] (January 8, 2025). "Due to the Eaton Fire in Altadena and strong winds in the area, Caltech's campus in Pasadena will be closed for all nonessential operations on Wednesday, January 8. For more information, visit Caltech's Emergency Updates page. https://caltech.edu/emergency" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  21. ^ "LA Unified to close campuses Thursday amid fires". Pasadena Star-News. January 8, 2025. Archived from the original on January 9, 2025. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  22. ^ Schneider, Michael (January 9, 2025). "Fire Threatens Mt. Wilson Broadcast Transmitters as L.A. TV and Radio Stations on Alert; Observatory Evacuated". Variety. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
  23. ^ James, Meg (January 10, 2025). "Disney's KABC and PBS SoCal stations lose over-the-air signal from Mt. Wilson amid Eaton fire". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
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  26. ^ "Thousands Pour Into Santa Anita Donation Site". bloodhorse.com. Retrieved January 12, 2025.
  27. ^ "Amid Eaton fire devastation, Santa Anita Park transforms into an aid center for victims". Pasadena Star News. January 11, 2025. Retrieved January 12, 2025.
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