2025 Wildfire Season: Update on Wildfires in Los Angeles County (Jan 13th)

Direct link to January 13th video from CBS News on YouTube

I want to update my January 10th post on the wildfires that are currently burning in and around Los Angeles County. As you can see from the video report that I shared, at least 24 people have died and thousands of structures are damaged or destroyed. High winds will again be present over the fire area, but not as high as last week. 

I took a screen shot of the latest map on the CAL Fire Incidents Page using my Firefox browser. 

Image taken at 11:30 AM on January 13th from the CAL Fire Incidents Page

At the time I write this update, the status of the five wildfires that I reported on in my January 10th post are:

• Palisades Fire, 23,713 acres, 14 percent contained, started 1/7/2025.
• Eaton Fire, 14,117 acres, 33 percent contained, started 1/7/2025.
• Kenneth Fire, 1,052 acres, 100 percent contained, started 1/9/2025.
• Hurst Fire, 799 acres, 95 percent contained, started 1/7/2025.
• Lidia Fire, 395 acres, 100 percent contained, started 1/8/2025.

There continues to be a lot of national and international media coverage of the wildfires currently burning in and around Los Angeles County. I myself have seen good coverage on the New York Times and the Washington Post (both have limited access for non subscribers) as well as local newspapers. I expect that most of you can find coverage in your newspapers and other media outlets.

Note: For some unknown reason, I had a problem accessing the map on the CAL Fire Incidents page using Safari and Chrome on my Mac desktop perhaps because of the way the two browsers are configured. I was able to access the page using safari and chrome on my devices and a friend told me they could access this page on both browsers on their Mac laptop.