Palos Fire Reaches 70% Containment After Injuring Two and Damaging Four Structures

All evacuation notices have been lifted

Los Angeles County's official emergency page said at 5:45 p.m. that all evacuation warnings were lifted. CAL FIRE followed at 5:51 p.m. with an update saying all evacuation orders were lifted.

The notices had covered LAC-E613-B, LAC-E615-B, LAC-E618-B and LHH-772-A, along with residents near Casalero, Ardsheal and West Skyline. Those areas are no longer under an active evacuation notice in the reviewed official updates.

Los Altos High School in Hacienda Heights had been established as an evacuation site earlier in the incident. Anyone seeking shelter or recovery services should check Los Angeles County's live emergency page before traveling because service locations and hours can change.

Lifting an evacuation notice is not the same as declaring the fire extinguished. County officials advise residents to remain alert, follow directions from authorities and keep windows and doors closed if smoke remains in the area.

Official damage table lists four structures damaged

CAL FIRE's current damage assessment lists four structures damaged: two homes and two outbuildings. Its destroyed-structure fields remain at zero.

ABC7 and CBS Los Angeles both report that two homes were destroyed and that two outbuildings were damaged or burned. Those accounts document severe losses, but they do not match the classification on the official state incident page.

Damage assessments can change after inspectors examine a property. Until the Los Angeles County Fire Department or CAL FIRE revises the official table, this report will not present the two destroyed homes as a final confirmed classification.

No reviewed official update identified the affected property owners or released a list of damaged addresses. Sharing unverified addresses, names or social-media images could expose displaced residents and misidentify uninvolved properties.

One firefighter and one civilian were injured

CAL FIRE's official incident record confirms two injuries: one civilian and one firefighter. ABC7 and CBS Los Angeles also report that the injured firefighter was with the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

Officials have not publicly announced either person's condition or the nature of the injuries. No reviewed source reported a confirmed fatality.

The cause remains under investigation. No official source reviewed for this report identified an ignition source, named a suspect or attributed the fire to a utility, vehicle, equipment or intentional act.

What is confirmed—and what remains pending

Confirmed: the Palos Fire is mapped at 17 acres and 70% containment near Lupin Hill Road and Las Palomas Drive; forward progress has stopped; all evacuation notices have been lifted; the official table lists four damaged structures; and one civilian and one firefighter were injured.

Reported by ABC7 and CBS Los Angeles but not matched by the current official classification: two homes destroyed. The state page lists both homes and both outbuildings as damaged and lists zero structures destroyed.

Still pending: the final damage classification, the condition of the injured firefighter and civilian, full containment and a confirmed cause.

This fire is in Los Angeles County and does not place Bakersfield or Kern County under an evacuation notice. Southern California residents near the incident should follow Los Angeles County Fire, sheriff and emergency-management instructions.

About the image

The featured image is an authentic December 2017 U.S. Forest Service photograph by Stuart Palley showing the Thomas Fire in Los Padres National Forest. Wikimedia Commons lists the image under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 license.

The historical photograph provides Southern California wildfire context only. It does not depict the 2026 Palos Fire, La Habra Heights, current evacuation zones, affected residents, damaged structures or Monday's emergency response, and its use does not imply endorsement by the photographer, Forest Service or Wikimedia Commons.