Palisades Fire
The Palisades Fire was reported on May 14, 2021 in Los Angeles County, California and burned 1,202 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 1,202 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 14, 2021
- Personnel
- 72
Map
Perimeter mapped May 21, 2021 at 7:33 AM PDT, 1,203 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 34.084, -118.570.
The incident
- Size
- 1,202 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 14, 2021 at 9:59 PM PDT
- Cause
- Human, Incendiary
- Location
- 6 miles Northwest of Santa Monica, CA
- County
- Los Angeles County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Pacific Palisades
- Protecting agency
- CDF
- Jurisdiction
- C&L
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Personnel assigned
- 72
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $9,474,621
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2021-CALFD-001448
- IRWIN identifier
- 91A03D76-7E08-4A23-A8DB-4B17568EBA88
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Topanga, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Topanga, CA2 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Pacific Palisades, CA4 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Las Flores, CA5 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Brentwood, CA6 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Woodland Hills, CA6 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Santa Monica, CA6 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
California wildfires today Wildfires of 2021 All current fires
Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated May 28, 2021 at 5:00 PM PDT. Identifier 2021-CALFD-001448.