ATF and arson investigators have narrowed the scope of the case and focused on a main theory for how it started Jan 7.

Located in the western part of Los Angeles, the Pacific Palisades neighborhood is among the city’s most scenic, affluent, yet fire-prone communities where more than 27,000 residents live.

Watch: SkyCal offers aerial look at Pacific Palisades neighborhoods impacted by fire A view of burnt structures at Topanga Beach during the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles on Jan. 10, 2025.

The Palisades Fire was reported around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in the area of Piedra Morada and Monte Hermoso drives, according to Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman David Ortiz.

As wildfires raged across Los Angeles on Tuesday, crews battling the Palisades blaze faced an additional burden: Scores of fire hydrants in Pacific Palisades had little to no water flowing out ...

The Los Angeles Fire Department declined to answer specific questions about the Jan. 1 blaze, called the Lachman fire, saying the files were “sealed” and were part of the ongoing investigation ...

The Evans have two sons. One lost his home in the Eaton Fire and the other is still evacuated from the Palisades Fire, but he was one of the lucky few whose homes survived.

LOS ANGELES — About 30 minutes after the Palisades Fire started on Tuesday, the firefighters’ radio crackled: The flames were coming from a familiar sliver of a mountain ridge.

A satellite view of the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on Oct. 20, 2024, and on Thursday, after the Palisades Fire. (Satellite image ©2025 Maxar Technologies) ...

This is the first sighting of the Palisades Fire. The Palisades Fire ravages a neighborhood amid high winds in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025.

The Palisades Fire broke out on Tuesday morning and ripped through Los Angeles’ Pacific Palisades neighborhood, a hillside area along the coast dotted with celebrity residences and memorialized ...