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Damage Report · Los Angeles County, California · October 2026

Los Angeles County Fire & Water Damage Report: October 2026

Los Angeles County recorded 1,247 damage incidents in October 2026. October 19 was busiest with 69 incidents. Structure fires numbered 781 while 894 incidents carried medium or high damage estimates. The month rose from 1,014 incidents in September, an increase of 23 percent.

At a glance

  • 1,247Damage incidents tracked in October 2026
  • ~40/dayAverage daily incident volume
  • 781Structure fires
  • 72%Incidents with medium or high damage estimates

Incidents by type

Structure firesStructure fires: 781781Residential firesResidential fires: 310310Commercial firesCommercial fires: 154154Flood & water damageFlood & water damage: 22
Verified incidents by type, Los Angeles County, October 2026.

Incidents by property type

Single-family homesSingle-family homes: 421421MultifamilyMultifamily: 178178Apartments (5+ units)Apartments (5+ units): 105105RetailRetail: 9696IndustrialIndustrial: 8383Other commercialOther commercial: 7979InstitutionalInstitutional: 6464OfficesOffices: 4646CondosCondos: 3232Medical facilitiesMedical facilities: 2424OtherOther: 119119
Incidents by property type, Los Angeles County, October 2026. Property types come from assessor and building-footprint records, known for 96% of incidents. Multifamily covers 2 to 4 unit buildings plus multifamily buildings whose unit count is not on record; Other includes properties not yet classified.

Estimated damage severity

Low damage: 353 incidents (28%)28%Medium damage: 564 incidents (45%)45%High damage: 330 incidents (26%)26%
Low · 353 incidentsMedium · 564 incidentsHigh · 330 incidents
Estimated damage severity split, Los Angeles County, October 2026.

Busiest cities

Los AngelesLos Angeles: 438438Long BeachLong Beach: 6262LancasterLancaster: 4242GlendaleGlendale: 2727BurbankBurbank: 2727TorranceTorrance: 2626
Incidents by city, top 6, October 2026.

Peak day: October 19 (69 incidents). Counties covered: Los Angeles.

What stood out

  • Los Angeles recorded 438 incidents, representing 35 percent of the county total and concentrating most residential and commercial restoration opportunities.
  • Long Beach recorded 62 incidents, accounting for 5 percent of county activity and forming a primary secondary canvass area for October outreach.
  • Lancaster logged 42 incidents, 3 percent of the county total, while Glendale and Burbank each logged 27 incidents and Pasadena logged 24 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 October 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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