California wildfires

Post Fire

OutLos Angeles County, California2024Wildfire

The Post Fire was reported on June 15, 2024 in Los Angeles County, California and burned 15,563 acres. It was declared out on August 5, 2024.

Size
15,563 acres
Contained
100%
Discovered
June 15, 2024
Personnel
123

Map

Perimeter mapped June 21, 2024 at 7:05 PM PDT, 15,563 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 34.803, -118.878.

Live radar at the fire Forecast for Lebec

The incident

Size
15,563 acres
Containment
100%
Discovered
June 15, 2024 at 1:47 PM PDT
Contained
June 26, 2024 at 6:00 PM PDT
Controlled
June 30, 2024 at 5:30 PM PDT
Declared out
August 5, 2024 at 6:00 PM PDT
Cause
Undetermined
Location
South of Gorman, CA
County
Los Angeles County
State
California
Nearest city reported
Gorman
Protecting agency
C&L
Land ownership at origin
Private
Personnel assigned
123
Incident management
Type 3 IC, Type 3 Incident
Primary fuel
Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
Estimated cost to date
$18,000,000
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
2024-CALAC-205253
IRWIN identifier
0DC18BD0-8B1E-49B7-BF2D-75D5140D286B

Growth

Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from June 15, 2024 (2,012 acres) to June 21, 2024 (15,564 acres). The largest one-day growth was 12,609 acres, mapped June 16, 2024.

DayAcresChange
June 15, 20242,012
June 16, 202414,621+12,609
June 17, 202415,589+968
June 18, 202415,548-41
June 19, 202415,593+45
June 20, 202415,585-8
June 21, 202415,564-21

Weather in the area

This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Lebec, 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 August 14, 2024 at 9:43 AM PDT. Identifier 2024-CALAC-205253.