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Saturday 1/11/25:Todd Hopkins from the Unified IC Cal Fire Incident Management Team clarified the statistic citing structures destroyed. "Approximately 5,316 structures have been destroyed. Please, what I want you to remember is that structures does not mean homes. Structures can be
426 homes have been destroyed in Pacific Palisades, according to Todd Hopkins. Listen starting at the :57 minute mark: Cal Fire Official Reports Progress Made On Fighting The Palisades Fire: It Has Been ’11% Contained’
Chris Thomas, a spokesman for the unified incident command at the Palisades fire, said "initial estimate is based on infrared imaging taken during overhead flight, and it’s notalways easy to tell from that altitude whether a burned-out shape was a pickup truck, say, or a shed." How damage is tallied in the Los Angeles wildfires | AP News
A map updated January 15th uses color codes for the Palisades Fire Structure Status | CAL FIRE Hub
As of January 30th, 98% of the 23,448 acre Palisades Fire is contained.
Year Built |
# |
% |
Year Built |
# |
% |
|
2020/Later | 177 | .3 | 1970-1979 | 7,757 | 16.5 | |
2010-2019 | 2,120 | 4.5 | 1960-1969 | 7,231 | 15.4 | |
2000-2009 | 2,395 | 5 | 1950-1959 | 7,958 | 17 | |
1990-1999 | 2,813 | 6 | 1940-1949 | 3,230 | 6.9 | |
1980-1989 | 4,892 | 10.4 | 1939 or Earlier | 8,284 | 17.6 | |
Totals | 12,397 | 26.4 | Totals | 34,460 | 73.5 |
The statistics of employees without a job is vague; considering the number of businesses destroyed in Pacific Palisades is estimated at over 1000 this is a sizeable impact on the economy of the community.
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