First discovered: 6:52 a.m. Feb. 3 A new wildfire was reported today at 6:52 a.m. in Los Angeles County. The wildfire has been burning on private land. There is no update on the containment progress of the fire and its cause remains undetermined.

Before the wildfire that destroyed thousands of homes, Altadena was already debating a tense question: should new housing be built in places that could burn?

Los Angeles faced an unprecedented wildfire crisis, with blazes such as the Palisades and Eaton fires wreaking havoc across the region. These fires resulted in at least 25 fatalities and the destruction of over 12,