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Palisades fire on 8 January 2025, in California Photograph: MediaNews Group/Orange County Register/Getty Images There were limited ground measurements available to researchers as the US Environmental Protection Agency’s monitoring stations cover only
Palisades and Eaton fires in Los Angeles, which were among the [most destructive in US history](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/series/los-angeles-wildfires-one-year-later). [Record-breaking blazes in Spain and Portugal](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/18/wildfires-spain-portugal-heat-extreme-temperatures-southern-europe) burned more than half a million
died in the town -- compared to 12 killed in the upscale Pacific Palisades neighborhood. (Photo by JOSH EDELSON / AFP via Getty Images)](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/571x571+167+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fdf%2Fec%2F25969f534f8ea371474c2173e294%2Fgettyimages-2254300007.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/01/13/nx-s1-5670393/california-wildfires-home-insurance-climate-change) ### [Climate](https://www.npr.org/sections/climate) ### [California fire victims say fighting with