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Fires Tear Through Los Angeles

Powerful Santa Ana winds and dry conditions contributed to the rapid spread of several brush fires in the county.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Fires Tear Through Los Angeles.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Wanmei Liang, using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE and GIBS/Worldview and modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2025) processed by the European Space Agency. Story by Emily Cassidy.

Published January 8, 2025
Data acquired January 7, 2025

Sources:: Aqua > MODIS; Sentinel-2