Damage Report · Los Angeles County, California · September 2026

Los Angeles County Fire Damage Report: September 2026

Los Angeles County logged 1,014 damage incidents in September 2026, roughly 34 a day, with September 6 the busiest day at 58.

At a glance

  • 1,014Damage incidents tracked in September 2026
  • ~34/dayAverage daily incident volume
  • 624Structure fires
  • 79%Incidents with medium or high damage estimates

Incidents by type

Structure firesStructure fires: 624624Residential firesResidential fires: 263263Commercial firesCommercial fires: 127127
Verified incidents by type, Los Angeles County, September 2026.

Estimated damage severity

Low damage: 217 incidents (21%)21%Medium damage: 478 incidents (47%)47%High damage: 319 incidents (31%)31%
Low · 217 incidentsMedium · 478 incidentsHigh · 319 incidents
Estimated damage severity split, Los Angeles County, September 2026.

Busiest cities

Los AngelesLos Angeles: 283283LancasterLancaster: 4949TorranceTorrance: 4848Long BeachLong Beach: 4747PasadenaPasadena: 3131GlendaleGlendale: 3030
Incidents by city, top 6, September 2026.

Peak day: September 6 (58 incidents). Counties covered: Los Angeles.

What stood out

  • September 6 was the busiest day of the month for Los Angeles County: 58 incidents, well above the daily average of 34.
  • Los Angeles led the territory with 283 incidents (28% of the month), followed by Lancaster (49) and Torrance (48).
  • 797 of Los Angeles County's 1,014 incidents (79%) carried a medium or high damage estimate: roughly 27 significant restoration opportunities surfacing every day.

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