Franklin Fire
The Franklin Fire was reported on December 9, 2024 in Los Angeles County, California and burned 4,037 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 4,037 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- December 9, 2024
- Personnel
- 669
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Map
Perimeter mapped December 16, 2024 at 7:02 PM PST, 4,090 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 34.063, -118.696.
The incident
- Size
- 4,037 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- December 9, 2024 at 10:50 PM PST
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- Malibu, CA
- County
- Los Angeles County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Malibu
- Protecting agency
- C&L
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 669
- Incident management
- Type 1 Team, Type 1 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Chaparral (6 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $29,000,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-CALAC-434928
- IRWIN identifier
- E3ECF651-9999-4283-B6C5-21846D041273
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from December 11, 2024 (3,893 acres) to December 16, 2024 (4,090 acres). The largest one-day growth was 273 acres, mapped December 12, 2024.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| December 11, 2024 | 3,893 | |
| December 12, 2024 | 4,166 | +273 |
| December 16, 2024 | 4,090 | -76 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Las Flores, CA covers the area today.
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Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated December 18, 2024 at 5:53 PM PST. Identifier 2024-CALAC-434928.