A satellite image shows the Eaton wildfire has set nearly every building in western Altadena on fire
Thursday, 13 Mar 2025
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New satellite images from Maxar Technologies are giving the best view yet of just how many buildings are on fire in the Palisades and Eaton wildfires in Los Angeles.
The images were taken at 10:45 a.m. PT, during a time of significant cloud cover across the Los Angeles area.
Because of that, they are a mix of shortwave infrared and visible satellite images. Shortwave infrared sensors on Maxar’s satellites allow them to detect more things on the ground than are in the visible light spectrum – which is visible to the naked eye – such as heat signatures.
Everything illuminated in orange or white indicates locations where fire has been detected.
The imagery shows the Eaton wildfire has set nearly every building in western Altadena on fire. From the Altadena trailhead to the Mountain View Cemetery, the shortwave infrared sensor shows nearly every block is on fire. Those fires continue nearly all the way to Altadena’s east.
From CNN
My house is in the bottom edge. I live a half block from this destruction. It was a crazy night and morning.
I can literally see my friend’s house burning. Her neighbor just said her house was safe earlier this afternoon – I hope that neighbor escaped.
Her mother was a senior animator for many decades in Hollywood and their house was like taking a step back in time and filled to the brim with irreplaceable memorabilia. Poof.
Photo is about 2.5 miles/4 km wide
My sister lost her house. Was only able to grab her boys, a change of clothes, their passports and other important papers, and her laptop. She just renewed their insurance a couple months ago.
It’s incredibly sad. So much loss. Please be safe everyone.
Wow this is Lahaina all over again.
Crazy how many properties are lost. This is so sad.
This is so stunning to see this way from above knowing this is only a piece of the whole area effected by the fire. It’s just overwhelming to contemplate.
God this is so awful. I hope everyone and their animals got out safely.
The loss of property, valuable and sentimental items, historical objects and places is devastating enough without loss of lives.
That’s hell on earth 🙁
Sweet Jesus, I hope they had insurance
The sheer destruction is going to be apocalyptic. This is just horrendous
Tried to overlay it with google maps
How terrifying for those who had to flee. It looks like a hellscape.
Billions of dollars up in smoke and thousands now homeless. Well, ok, the really rich ones probably have another home, but everyone else is screwed. I can’t imagine. My house burning down is like one of my biggest fears. Everything, just gone!
Are we ready to hold the oligarchs responsible for climate change responsible yet?
How did the fire start?
This is heartbreaking. I love Altadena 😔
I hope Sona’s OK.
Holy smokes! That’s an entire town just gone. 🙁
WOW, this is terrible.
Most people should be insured and fire claims, particularly in very obvious cases like this are usually pretty clear cut. It will be poor people who have lost everything that will be hardest hit and will need the most support. I hope those that are left with nothing are supported by the community to get back on their feet.
what could have been done to prevent this? it was from a dry fall iirc
Oh my god
Biden better release the disaster relief funding now, before the 20th.
Curious to see how insurance companies respond after what happened recently.
I wonder if this will be the impetus of changing the way we build in high fire risk areas. Maybe using more concrete and steel instead of wood? Obviously not an expert in any way. I am aware that people will say it’s too soon to talk about that stuff right now and that is fair. But we usually wait too long after and complacency sets in and things never change. My heart goes out to all those who lost so much.
Aw, I think my childhood home is gone.
Can anyone label a few major streets? Ours was on Fair Oaks.
Symbolic picture of the state of the US.
Eaton is receiving much less support than in Palisades and Hollywood, it’s very bad. House by house by house are catching fire with no one to support it. It’s being destroyed.
Horrific.
Ugh… both of my kids schools are in this
Sunset in Hollywood tonight