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Hurst Fire Part of the January 2025 Southern California wildfires | |
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Hurst Fire, shortly after starting, from the Oakridge Manufactured Home Park. | |
Date(s) | January 7, 2025 – present |
Location | Los Angeles County, California, United States |
Coordinates | 34°19′30″N 118°28′41″W / 34.325°N 118.478°W / 34.325; -118.478 |
Statistics | |
Status | Ongoing wildfire |
Burned area | >500 acres (202 ha; 1 sq mi; 2 km) |
Ignition | |
Cause | Unknown |
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The general location of the Hurst Fire in Southern CaliforniaShow map of CaliforniaHurst Fire (the United States)Show map of the United States |
The Hurst Fire, also known as the Sylmar Fire, is an active wildfire burning in the Sylmar area of the city of Los Angeles in Southern California.
Cause
The cause of the fire is under investigation. It is one of three wildfires, the other two being the Palisades Fire and the Eaton Fire, being concurrently driven by an extremely powerful Santa Ana wind event with gusts up to 100 miles per hour (160 km/h; 45 m/s).
Progression
The fire started at 10:00 p.m. (PST) January 7, 2025, with an initial spread to 50 acres (20 ha) in ten minutes. The fire spread rapidly and was estimated to have doubled in size to 100 acres (40 ha) less than half an hour after it was reported. By 1:00 a.m. January 8, the fire was estimated to have spread to about 300 acres (120 ha), and by 1:49 a.m., the fire had spread to about 500 acres (200 ha), largely within the footprint of the 2019 Saddleridge Fire. By 8:02 p.m. the fire has grown to about 850 acres (340 ha). By 9:40 p.m., the fire stood at 855 acres (346 ha) and was at 10% containment after joint efforts by several fire authorities held the fire within a planned containment area.
Impact and response
Mandatory evacuation orders began to be sent out by 10:37 p.m., January 7, to the residents of Sylmar north of the 210 Freeway from the Newhall Pass interchange to Olive View Medical Center, including the Oakridge Manufactured Home Park and most of Rancho Cascades. Evacuation orders were extended by 12:36 a.m., January 8, west to the Sunshine Canyon Landfill and north into the San Gabriel Mountains, including Whitney Canyon Park and southern Newhall; evacuation warnings were also sent out to residents in the Knollwood area of Granada Hills and the area around O'Melveny Park. By 2:07 a.m., the evacuation orders for southern Newhall were downgraded to evacuation warnings; meanwhile, warnings were extended south of the 210 Freeway into the Rancho Cascades neighborhood of Sylmar, including the J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall. By 10:32 a.m., evacuation orders for the southern half of the Sunshine Canyon Landfill were downgraded to warnings.
Evacuation centers were prepared for residents at the Ritchie Valens Recreation Center, Northridge Park, and the Sepulveda Recreation Center. Accommodations for large animals were made at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center.
J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall
About an hour after the fire began, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Probation Department said that the nearby J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall had not yet been ordered to evacuate, but they were monitoring the situation and were prepared to do so. By 6:00 p.m. January 8, evacuation warnings were extended south into the area where the juvenile hall lies, but authorities had not yet evacuated the 96 juvenile detainees. The spokesperson reported that precautions were being taken and that the Probation Department had deployed additional staff to assist with potential emergencies or evacuations; however, news that the juveniles were not being evacuated caused outrage from juvenile justice advocates.
See also
- January 2025 Southern California wildfires
- Sayre Fire (2008), which burned in the same area
- Saddleridge Fire (2019), another fire that burned in the same area
- List of California wildfires
References
- ^ "Sylmar Fire: Incident Update on 01/07/2025 at 10:37 PM | CAL FIRE". www.fire.ca.gov. Archived from the original on January 9, 2025. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
- "Hurst Fire". Cal Fire. State of California. January 8, 2025. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
- Rendon, Karla (January 7, 2025). "San Fernando Valley firefighters respond to brush fire in Sylmar". NBC Los Angeles. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
- "Sylmar Fire: Incident Update on 01/07/2025 at 10:37 PM | CAL FIRE". www.fire.ca.gov. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
- ^ "Hurst Fire". Los Angeles Fire Department. Archived from the original on January 8, 2025. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
- "Hurst Fire: Incident Update on 01/08/2025 at 1:49 AM | CAL FIRE". www.fire.ca.gov. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
- "Hurst Fire". Los Angeles Fire Department. Archived from the original on January 8, 2025. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
- "Hurst Fire | CAL FIRE". www.fire.ca.gov. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
- "Hurst Fire: Incident Update on 01/08/2025 at 9:40 PM | CAL FIRE". www.fire.ca.gov. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
- "Hurst Fire: Incident Update on 01/08/2025 at 12:36 AM | CAL FIRE". www.fire.ca.gov. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
- Smith, Perry (January 8, 2025). "Hurst Fire updates: SCV evacuation orders withdrawn". Santa Clarita Valley Signal. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
- ^ "Hurst Fire: Incident Update on 01/08/2025 at 2:07 AM | CAL FIRE". www.fire.ca.gov. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
- "Hurst Fire: Incident Update on 01/08/2025 at 10:32 AM | CAL FIRE". www.fire.ca.gov. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
- Sheets, Connor; Ellis, Rebecca (January 7, 2025). "Hurst fire erupts in Sylmar; evacuations ordered". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles fires. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
- Queally, James (January 8, 2025). "Evacuation warning for juvenile hall in path of Hurst fire". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
External links
- Hurst Fire on the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection's website
- Hurst Fire on the Los Angeles Fire Department's website
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