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Visualizing the Los Angeles wildfires in maps and charts | CNN
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Palisades Fire | Jan. 7 | 23,448 | 11 | 6,770 | 19% | 22% | 43% | 61% | 68% | 77% | 96% | 98% | 100% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eaton Fire | Jan. 7 | 14,021 | 17 | 9,418 | 45% | 55% | 68% | 87% | 91% | 95% | 99% | 99% | 100% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hughes Fire | Jan. 22 | 10,176 | 14% | 56% | 98% |
How the Palisades Fire grew
The Palisades Fire began on Tuesday January 7 and saw two days of rapid growth. By the end of Wednesday had spread to over 17,000 acres (27 square miles). The speed of the fire then slowed, and by Sunday morning it had grown to cover over 23,000 acres (36 square miles.)
Santa Ana winds with sustained winds up to 40 mph and gusts up to 80 mph made things worse.
On Jan. 7 winds had a north-to-northeast tilt. More winds with northeast-to-east tilt Occurred on Jan 19.
Hundreds of homes in Malibu were also destroyed in the November 2018 Woolsey Fire, 4 times as large in the same area as the Palisades fire.
The Culprit behind the California Fires | Hummingbird Films