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Fires Near Malibu, CA

Live wildfire tracking around Malibu: every active fire within 300 miles with distance, size, containment, wind, smoke, and air quality, from official US sources.

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Air quality · Moderate

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Live risk assessment for Malibu, CA

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No significant wildfire threat near this location right now.

  • The nearest zone under a Advisory is about 46 miles away in Los Angeles County.

Evacuation status

Malibu, CA is not inside an active evacuation zone, but a zone is active within 50 miles:

  • AdvisoryLHH-772-ALos Angeles County46 mi away

Zone status from CAL FIRE / Cal OES, refreshed every 5 minutes; every active zone is also shaded on the map below. Zone codes like LHH-772-A are the official identifiers county emergency managers use in alerts. Counties only publish a zone once they activate it, so your address shows a zone code here the moment one applies to it.

There are currently 147 active fires within 300 miles of Malibu, CA, including 1 within 25 miles and 88 within 100 miles. None are inside Malibu city limits. The most significant is the Alper fire, 93 miles away at 105 acres. In roughly the last 12 hours, dispatch centers logged 4 new fire reports within 30 miles of Malibu, CA; the nearest, a roadside fire report, is 24 miles away. Reports like these usually appear minutes after the first 911 call. No firefighting aircraft have been active within 50 miles of Malibu, CA in the past 12 hours.
Air quality measured at the Thousand Oaks - Moorpark Road monitor 13 miles away is moderate (AQI 52).
Early signal: satellite heat detected nearby. Satellites picked up 4 heat detections in the last 24 hours, the closest about 18 miles away, that do not match any officially reported fire. Detections like this are often the first public sign of a new ignition, though they can also be industrial heat or agricultural burning. Turn on the Satellite heat layer on the map below and check back over the next few hours.
Early signal: fresh dispatch activity nearby. Dispatch centers logged 4 new fire reports within 30 miles in roughly the last 12 hours; the nearest, a roadside fire report, is about 24 miles away. These logs usually appear minutes after the first 911 call, often before a fire is officially listed. Turn on the Dispatch reports layer on the map below and zoom in to see each one.

House pin: Malibu, CA. Bold outline: Malibu city limits. Dashed rings show distance from the city center. Red or amber shaded zones are active evacuation areas.

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Fires by distance

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212 acres
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30K acres
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126K acres

This season vs the last decade

14% of an average year
Burned so far in 20262.2K acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)16K acres

So far in 2026, 2.2K acres have burned within 25 miles of Malibu, 14% of the 16K acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.

Active fires near Malibu, CA

Every active fire within 300 miles, closest first.

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Latest updates on fires near Malibu

Generated automatically from official feeds the moment they change: size, containment, evacuation zones, aircraft, and incident team updates.

  1. Dome Fire · Grew 228 acres in 24 hours to 4,361 acres

    11 hours ago · September 26, 2026

  2. Patton Ln Tem Fire · 4 firefighting aircraft working this fire (CFR72, CFR652, T73)

    11 hours ago · September 26, 2026

  3. Timber Fire · Mapped size revised down to 25,341 acres (from 25,513)

    11 hours ago · September 26, 2026

  4. Sandia Fire · 2 firefighting aircraft working this fire (CFR652, T73)

    12 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  5. Dorado Fire · 2 firefighting aircraft working this fire (CFR652, T73)

    12 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  6. Alamo Fire · 2 firefighting aircraft working this fire (LAC20, LAC18)

    12 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  7. LAC-345537 Fire · Firefighting aircraft on scene (LAC20)

    12 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  8. Lopez 2 Fire · 2 firefighting aircraft working this fire (LAC18, LAC20)

    12 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  9. Victor Fire · Firefighting aircraft on scene (LAC20)

    12 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  10. Juniper Fire · 6 firefighting aircraft working this fire (N292NA, CUL561, T73)

    12 hours ago · September 25, 2026

Historic fires near Malibu

The largest wildfires on record within 100 miles.

Thomas
2017
281,893 acres · 33 mi away · 2 deaths
Zaca Two
2007
240,207 acres · 91 mi away
Day
2006
162,702 acres · 40 mi away
Station
2009
160,577 acres · 37 mi away
Bobcat
2020
115,997 acres · 49 mi away
Simi Incident
2003
108,204 acres · 25 mi away

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