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

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.”
“There were a total of 55 fires as of this morning, between State, local, and federal jurisdictions,” CAL FIRE public information officer David Acuña told The Epoch Times in an email. “Since then, there have been additional new fires.”…