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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Environment
Sarah Shamim

How big are the California wildfires – and why have they spread so quickly?

Spots of the Eaton Fire still burn after the fire swept through the mountains of the Angeles National Forest near Mount Wilson Observatory, north of Pasadena, Thursday, January 9, 2025 [Etienne Laurent/AP]

At least 10 people have been killed and some 10,000 homes and other buildings have been burned in wildfires that have ravaged multiple parts of Los Angeles in California – the most populous state of the United States.

Nearly 180,000 residents in different neighbourhoods of Los Angeles city have been ordered to evacuate as the fires, which erupted on Tuesday, continue to rapidly spread, fuelled by high winds.

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