CAL FIRE SoCal fire update 1-22-25

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CAL FIRE, Cal OES, federal, local, and tribal firefighting partners continue to be prepared to protect Southern California communities under a high-risk fire weather forecast. The National Weather Service has extended a Red Flag Warning through Thursday evening, with strong winds, very dry air, and a high likelihood of fires. Over 1,000 firefighting personnel, including engines, crews, dozers, water tenders, helicopters, and airtankers, have been strategically pre-positioned across the region to ensure a rapid response to any new fires.

With a reduction of acreage on the Palisades fire due to more precise mapping, we see an increase in the containment of both fires with the Palisades at 68% and the Eaton Fire at 91%.

Pre-positioning has continued to allow for the quick response to initial attack fires sparking across the region, including the quick deployment of resources to 11 new initial attack incidents within the critical fire weather area within the past 24 hours, burning a combined 30+ acres.

One new fire in Riverside County started overnight. The Clay Fire has burned 39 acres and is 40 percent contained. Forward progress has been stopped thanks to resources being quickly dispatched to the fire from the Mobilization Center and a CAL FIRE HAWK dropping 3,600 gallons of water on the fire.

CAL FIRE's Watershed Emergency Response Teams (WERT) continue to assess burn severity, values at risk, and mitigation needs to protect the environment and prepare for future rains.

As damage assessments on the Eaton and Palisades fires near completion, they are currently ranked as California's second and third most destructive fires in California history.

Most neighborhoods in the areas outside the fire perimeters have reopened. Residents must provide proof of residency, such as a government-issued photo ID with their name and address, to re-enter. Evacuated residents in LA County are being encouraged to download the Genasys Protect app at Genasys Protect to receive notifications as evacuation zones on the Palisades and Eaton Fires are repopulated.

A Red Flag Warning is in effect through Thursday, 8 p.m. for areas of Los Angeles, Ventura, Orange, San Bernardino, Riverside, and San Diego Counties for extremely low relative humidity and periods of gusty offshore winds.

A low-pressure system may bring light to locally moderate rain to the region sometime in Saturday night though Monday. There is also a slight chance of thunderstorms.