Timeline of the 2025 Palisades Fire

Chronology of the 2025 Palisades Fire in Los Angeles, California, and Los Angeles County.
Times are PST. "" denotes "approximately".
January 7
~10:30 a.m. First report. Size ~.
10:50 Expansion to .
2:10 p.m. CalFire: , 200 firefighters on duty, and homes threatened.
2:37 National Weather Service issues Red Flag Warning. Wind gusts to in the mountains and foothills.
~3:10 CalFire: ; buildings destroyed; thousands flee.
5:30 Gov. Gavin Newsom declares State of Emergency.
January 8
10:45 a.m. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced that Los Angeles Fire Department air operations had resumed; sorties had been suspended due to high winds.
2:30 Santa Monica expands its mandatory Evacuation Order to include all areas north of Montana Ave. from the beach to 11th Street with immediate effect. Its Evacuation Warning remains for all additional areas north of Montana Ave., and is expanded to all areas north of Wilshire Blvd. and west of 10th St.
5:11 President Joe Biden approves a Major Disaster Declaration; Curtis Brown of FEMA head has been tasked with coordinating Federal recovery efforts.
9:10 a.m. The Palisades Fire expands to 20,000 acres burned with 0% containment
6:23 p.m. California governor Gavin Newsom announces that the Palisades fire was 6% contained after burning more than 20,000 acres.

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