EATON FIRE BECOMES SECOND-MOST DESTRUCTIVE WILDFIRE IN CALIFORNIA HISTORY

The Eaton Fire, one of two major wildfires burning in the Southern California region, is now the second-most destructive wildfire on record in California. The fire, which started the night of Jan. 7 near Altadena, has torched 14,117 acres and over 7,000 buildings, and taken the lives of 15 people.

The fire is currently at 35% containmed through one week of activity. Eaton Fire is now the second largest in state history, just behind 2018's Camp Fire which destroyed more than 18,000 structures and burned 153,336 acres. There were 85 deaths in the Northern California fire near Chico.

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