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 12th most destructive wildfire in recorded California history at the time and to this day one of the most destructive wildfires in Los Angeles County history. The fire resulted in one fatality and a multitude of minor injuries: one person died of pneumonia complicated by smoke inhalation, and two indirect deaths resulted from debris flows in the burn area more than four months later.
The Kinneloa Fire began as an escaped campfire 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 of the fire, and more favorable weather along with the efforts of more than 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.
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