More than 1,000 personnel are clearing hazardous materials from thousands of properties impacted by wildfires in Los Angeles County. Contractors for the Environmental Protection Agency remove household hazardous waste as they search through homes damaged and destroyed by the Eaton Fire in the Altadena neighborhood of Los Angeles County, Calif., on Jan. 30, 2025. Contractors for the Environmental Protection Agency remove household hazardous waste as they search through homes damaged and destroyed by the Eaton Fire in the Altadena neighborhood of Los Angeles County, Calif., on Jan. 30, 2025.

LOS ANGELES − After nearly a month of destruction, smoke, and ash, the Eaton and Palisades fires that once ensconced Los Angeles have been fully contained, according to Cal Fire. The two fires sparked on Jan. 7 during a historic wind event and swept through the Pacific Palisades and Altadena, killing at least 29, burning over 37,000 acres, and leaving destroyed homes and livelihoods in their wake. "The conditions, that night, were unbearable," LA County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone said during an interview with 60 Minutes. "It was a devil...

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) has declared the Palisades and Eaton fires fully contained after nearly three and a half weeks of destruction across Southern California. The fires, which began on January 7, claimed 29 lives - 17 in the Eaton fire and 12 in the Palisades fire, according to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner. Multiple wildfires ignited in Southern California in January amid unnaturally dry conditions, including the two largest blazes in Los Angeles County, the Palisades and Eaton fires. The National Weather...

The two Los Angeles wildfires that killed 29 people and scorched thousands of acres have been 100% contained at last after 24 days, local firefighters have said. More than 18,000 structures were damaged or destroyed in the deadly Eaton and Palisades blazes, which swept across California last month. The fires were declared fully contained by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection on Saturday. Containment means the percentage of the fire's perimeter that firefighters have under control, with confidence those lines can be maintained. Parts of the interior of...

Lashonda Ellis comforts her grandmother Margaret Martin, 96, who lost her Altadena home built by her husband, Henry Martin, in 1966. The devastating firestorm that rained embers and terror across Los Angeles County has officially come to an end, with fire crews reaching 100% containment on the Palisades and Eaton fires Friday evening. But a long road to recovery looms ahead, with thousands of Angelenos left without homes, and entire neighborhoods left flattened. Estimates of the total economic loss are more than $250 billion, which would make the fires one...

The Palisades Fire and Eaton Fire that burned a total of nearly 40,000 acres in the Los Angeles area have been 100% contained, fire officials said on Friday. The Palisades Fire burned 23,448 acres on the west side of Los Angeles and the Eaton Fire set 14,201 acres ablaze starting on Jan. 7, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. The two major fires and several smaller ones created the worst natural disaster in Los Angeles County history, killing 28 people and damaging or destroying more than...

Prolonged droughts and extreme winds fueled one of the worst wildfires to ever strike Los Angeles County. The fires are contained, but rebuilding the region will take many years and billions of dollars. Two of the largest deadly fires that broke out in Southern California more than three weeks ago have been fully contained, California's Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said late Friday. Containment means that the fires no longer pose a threat because the perimeters of that been brought under control by firefighters. The last remaining fires at...

The deadly, wind-fueled Palisades and Eaton fires, which broke out 3½ weeks ago in Southern California, were declared fully contained Friday by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. The expansive Palisades Fire erupted the morning of Jan. 7 in Pacific Palisades, a neighborhood east of Malibu, as a brush fire and was quickly exploded in Southern California’s dry weather conditions. Later that evening, the Eaton Fire started in Los Angeles County in the foothills of Angeles National Forest. It feasted on seven months of rain-free brush as hurricane-force...

The Palisades and Eaton wildfires — which devastated neighborhoods across Los Angeles County, including Pacific Palisades, Malibu, Pasadena and Altadena — have officially been contained. On Friday, Jan. 31, the California Department of Forestry Protection (CAL FIRE) confirmed that the two fires, which both began on Jan. 7 after a Santa Ana wind event, have each been 100% after weeks battling from firefighters. The destructive Palisades Fire first began in the L.A. neighborhood of Pacific Palisades on Jan. 7, and, in total, burned 23,448 acres, according to CAL FIRE ....