Recipe for L.A.'s fire disaster: Intense rains followed by unprecedented heat and dry conditions
- Posted on December 17, 2025
- By Los Angeles Times
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Recipe for L.A.'s fire disaster: Intense rains followed by unprecedented heat and dry conditions
One fire appears to have been caused by a spark from old power lines, the other allegedly started by an Uber driver with a fascination with flames. In the end, the Eaton and Palisades fires destroyed more than 16,000 homes, businesses and other structures and left 31 people dead.
