Damage Report · Los Angeles County, California · July 2026

Los Angeles County Fire Damage Report: July 2026

Los Angeles County logged 1,145 damage incidents in July 2026 and remained the severity capital of the network: nearly 3 in 4 incidents carried a medium or high damage estimate, and the July 4th weekend produced the county’s biggest day of the month.

At a glance

  • 1,145Damage incidents tracked in July 2026
  • 32%Incidents with high damage estimates
  • 759Structure fires
  • ~37/dayAverage daily incident volume

Incidents by type

Structure firesStructure fires: 759759Residential firesResidential fires: 270270Commercial firesCommercial fires: 116116
Verified incidents by type, Los Angeles County, July 2026.

Estimated damage severity

Low damage: 290 incidents (25%)25%Medium damage: 484 incidents (42%)42%High damage: 371 incidents (32%)32%
Low · 290 incidentsMedium · 484 incidentsHigh · 371 incidents
Estimated damage severity split, Los Angeles County, July 2026.

Busiest cities

Los AngelesLos Angeles: 340340Long BeachLong Beach: 104104LancasterLancaster: 5050TorranceTorrance: 4646GlendaleGlendale: 3131PasadenaPasadena: 2323
Incidents by city, top 6, July 2026.

Peak day: July 5 (117 incidents). Counties covered: Los Angeles.

What stood out

  • 855 of 1,145 incidents (74%) carried medium or high damage estimates — once again the most severity-dense territory in the network.
  • The July 4th weekend peaked at 117 incidents on July 5 — more than triple the county’s daily average.
  • Volume spread far beyond the City of LA: 805 incidents happened outside city limits, from Long Beach to the Antelope Valley.

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Methodology: incident counts reflect verified fire and water damage incidents surfaced to FirstLeads subscribers in the Los Angeles County throughout July 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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