Damage Report · Los Angeles County, California · August 2026
Los Angeles County Fire Damage Report: August 2026
Los Angeles County recorded 1,039 damage incidents in August 2026 over 31 days, averaging 34 per day and peaking on August 4 with 52 incidents while 789 incidents carried medium or high damage estimates.
At a glance
- 1,039Damage incidents tracked in August 2026
- ~34/dayAverage daily incident volume
- 636Structure fires
- 76%Incidents with medium or high damage estimates
Incidents by type
Estimated damage severity
Busiest cities
Peak day: August 4 (52 incidents). Counties covered: Los Angeles.
What stood out
- On August 4 Los Angeles County saw 52 incidents, the busiest day in a 31 day month that totaled 1,039 incidents across the county.
- In Los Angeles 295 incidents made it the busiest city out of 1,039 county incidents, with Long Beach at 70 and Lancaster at 46.
- Los Angeles County logged 636 structure fires, including 268 residential fires and 135 commercial fires out of 1,039 incidents.
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Methodology: incident counts reflect verified fire and water damage incidents surfaced to FirstLeads subscribers in the Los Angeles County throughout August 2026, aggregated from FirstLeads' real-time incident monitoring network and frozen as a monthly snapshot at publish time. Damage severity is estimated from emergency response signals at the time of the incident.
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