| 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 |
| Map | |
  Location of the Kinneloa Fire in Southern California | |
The Kinneloa Fire was a destructive wildfire in October 1993 in Los Angeles County, California. The fire burned 196 structures in the San Gabriel Mountains foothill communities of Altadena, Kinneloa Mesa, and Sierra Madre, becoming the then-twelfth most destructive wildfire in recorded California history and one of the most destructive wildfires in Los Angeles County history. The fire resulted in a multitude of minor injuries and one fatality; an elderly man died of pneumonia complicated by smoke inhalation, though a father and son were also killed in a debris flow in the burn area more than four months later.
The Kinneloa Fire began with 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—soon confined the fire to the mountainous backcountry of the Angeles National Forest until it was declared fully contained on November 1. The Kinneloa Fire was one 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. It burned simultaneously alongside 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.