A residential building on Sunset Boulevard burns early Thursday in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles. Multiple wildfires fueled by intense Santa Ana Winds are burning across Los Angeles County. At least five people have been killed, and over 25,000 acres have burned.

A pair was arrested after they were accused of posing as firefighters during the California fires, officials said. On Jan. 18, Los Angeles deputies patrolling the Palisades Fire area saw a firetruck that looked unofficial,

A hang-gliding pilot, a father and son and a former child actor are among those who have died due to the Los Angeles area wildfires that started Jan. 7 and continue to ravage the area. At least 24 people have died as a result of the fires spreading across the Los Angeles area and the death toll is expected to rise.

According to Azusa police, a man who has admitted to setting a fire at a park has been arrested as the investigation continues.

The Los Angeles Fire Department said it was running a recall for its off-duty members, not anyone with firefighting experience.

"From the Mountains to the Beach" is a Facebook page created by survivors of the 2021 Marshall Fire, meant to connect to Los Angeles fire victims.

Amid the maelstrom, doctors, nurses, and other caregivers did their jobs.

This image is not associated with the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires. It shows a house that survived an earlier wildfire in Hawaii.

But at least two of the clips don’t show the Los Angeles wildfires.

An illegal drone collided with a plane fighting Los Angeles fires on January 9, but there have been no reports of a crash involving such an aircraft, contrary to claims on social media. Dramatic footage spread online showing a plane plunging to the ground was in fact filmed in Chile in January 2024.

California Governor Gavin Newsom has accused tech billionaire Elon Musk of spreading “lies” about the state’s response to deadly wildfires ravaging Los Angeles, escalating their online row over swirling misinformation.

As deadly wildfires ravaged Los Angeles and destroyed thousands of structures in January 2025, an image of a red-roofed house surrounded by scorched rubble was shared in social media posts that falsely claimed it survived the blazes because its owner is Muslim and the Koran was inside.