| Kinneloa Fire | |
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 The Kinneloa Fire burned in the San Gabriel Mtns. and into communities in the foothills. | |
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| Location | Los Angeles County, Southern California, United States |
| Coordinates | 34°11′20″N 118°05′53″W / 34.189°N 118.098°W |
| Statistics | |
| Burned area | 5,485 acres (2,220 ha; 9 sq mi; 22 km2) |
| Impacts | |
| Deaths | 1 |
| Non-fatal injuries | 38 |
| Evacuated | 2,500 |
| Structures destroyed | 196 (121 residential) |
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| Ignition | |
| Cause | Escaped campfire |
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  Location of the Kinneloa Fire in Southern California | |
The Kinneloa Fire was a destructive wildfire in Los Angeles County, Southern California in October of 1993. The fire destroyed 196 buildings in the communities of Altadena, Kinneloa Mesa, and Sierra Madre in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, becoming at the time the twelfth-most destructive wildfire in California's history and one of the most destructive wildfires ever in Los Angeles County. The fire caused a multitude of minor injuries and one fatality; an elderly man died of pneumonia complicated by smoke inhalation. A father and son were killed by a debris flow in the burn area more than four months later.
The Kinneloa Fire began as an escaped campfire on October 27 and was driven by a combination of extremely dry and flammable vegetation, strong Santa Ana winds, and rugged topography. Nearly all of the structural losses occurred on the first day, and more favorable weather—along with the efforts of over 2,000 firefighters—kept the fire within the mountainous backcountry of the Angeles National Forest until it was declared fully contained on November 1. The Kinneloa Fire was one of a rash of wildfires that broke out across Southern California in late October 1993, most of them driven by the same episode of Santa Ana winds. These included the Laguna Fire in Orange County, the Green Meadow Fire in Ventura County, the Ortega Fire in Riverside County, and several others.[1][2]
- ^ Reinhold, Robert (October 28, 1993). "Thousands Flee As Brush Fires Rake California". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on January 18, 2018. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
- ^ Malnic, Eric; Farrell, David (October 28, 1993). "13 Fires Ring Southland: 450 Homes Burn; Laguna, Altadena Hard Hit". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on December 7, 2022. Retrieved December 6, 2022.