Photos: The Palisades Fire Scorches Parts of Los Angeles
- Alan Taylor – January 8, 2025 – 22 Photos – The Atlantic
Destructive wildfires erupted in several places in Los Angeles yesterday, driven by extreme winds and dry conditions. The Palisades Fire grew quickly, tearing across hillsides and through the Los Angeles neighborhood of Pacific Palisades, burning many structures and sending thick plumes of smoke into the air. Tens of thousands of residents were forced to evacuate in often-chaotic circumstances. Firefighters and volunteers battled many blazes overnight, as residents braced for increasing winds forecast for the next few days.
The Palisades Fire ravages a neighborhood amid high winds in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on January 7, 2025. #Ethan Swope / AP
The Palisades Fire burns near homes in Pacific Palisades on January 7, 2024. #Hans Gutknecht / MediaNews Group / Los Angeles Daily News / Getty
Will Adams watches as flames from the Palisades Fire close in on his property in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on January 7, 2025. #Ethan Swope / AP
Flames rise as the Palisades Fire advances on homes in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on January 7, 2025. #Ethan Swope / AP
A brush fire burns near homes in Pacific Palisades, California, on January 7, 2025. #
A person walks as smoke covers the setting sun at Sunset Beach during a wildfire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood on January 7, 2025. #Mike Blake / Reuters
People watch as others drive out of harm’s way as the Palisades Fire burns amid a powerful windstorm on January 7, 2025. #Mario Tama / Getty
The Palisades Fire burns near homes in Pacific Palisades, California, on January 7, 2025. #Mario Tama / Getty
Lifeguard towers go up in flames along Malibu Beach on January 7, 2025. #David Crane / MediaNews Group / Los Angeles Daily News / Getty
Smoke from a wildfire is seen from the Venice Beach section of Los Angeles on January 7, 2025. #Jae C. Hong / AP
A vehicle burns as the Palisades Fire advances in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood on January 7, 2025. #Ethan Swope / AP
A firefighter battles the Palisades Fire as it burns a building in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood on January 7, 2025. #Ethan Swope / AP
Multiple beachfront homes go up in flames along the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu in the Palisades Fire on January 7, 2025. #David Crane / MediaNews Group / Los Angeles Daily News / Getty
The Palisades Fire burns a Christmas tree inside a residence in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood on January 7, 2025. #Ethan Swope / AP
Fire personnel respond to homes destroyed by the Palisades Fire while a helicopter drops water in Pacific Palisades, California, on January 7, 2025. #David Swanson / AFP / Getty
Trees and homes burn in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on January 7, 2025. #Etienne Laurent / AP
Embers fly in high winds as firefighters battle winds and flames in a neighborhood along the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu on January 7, 2025. #David Crane / MediaNews Group / Los Angeles Daily News / Getty
A palm tree burns at Sunset Beach during a wildfire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood on January 7, 2025. #Mike Blake / Reuters
A firefighting aircraft makes a drop over part of the Palisades Fire on January 7, 2025. #Mario Tama / Getty
Flames overtake the intersection of Temescal Canyon Road and the Pacific Coast Highway in Pacific Palisades on January 7, 2025. #Robyn Beck / AFP / Getty
A house burns in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on January 7, 2025. #Ethan Swope / AP
A residence, burned by the the Palisades Fire, seen on January 7, 2025 #Ethan Swope / AP