Just 8 Days into 2025, and 55 Fires Have Started in California

Fire weather is forecast to last through Friday for parts of Los Angeles and Ventura Counties.

Homes and businesses are damaged from the Palisades Fire burning near Los Angles, Calif., on Jan. 8, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

As the Palisades Fire, Eaton Fire, and Hurst Fire burn in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, CAL FIRE announced on Wednesday that 55 wildfires have burned in California since the start of the year.

“CAL FIRE is battling multiple wildfires across Southern California,” the agency wrote on X, along with information about the ongoing fires in Los Angeles County. “Just eight days into 2025, there have been more than 55 wildfires.”