ATF conducts first of series of controlled fire testing in Palisades area

Investigators finish fire test in Pacific Palisades as search for cause of January's blaze continues

Nearly four months after the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives began investigating the Palisades fire, investigators set a fire to parts of the Temescal Ridge Trail between Skull Rock and Green Peak on Tuesday night into Wednesday morning.

Why the ATF is setting fires near sites of deadly California wildfires

Investigators with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) are setting controlled fires in the Palisades area of California to determine how the devastating wildfires from early 2025 began. CBS News' Carter Evans reports.

ATF conducts first of series of controlled fire testing in Palisades area

Four months after January’s deadly Palisades Fire, Investigators with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) returned this week to conduct a controlled fire test along the Temescal Ridge Trail. The test started Tuesday night and wrapped up around 3 a.m. Testing will continue intermittently through Thursday along the Green Peak and Skull Rock trailhead. The Los Angeles Fire Department said they would be there, before, durin…

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BATF Conducts Small Test Fire Above Sunset In Palisades A very small fire was set last night on a burned out ridge … just east of Palisades Drive. It was the Bureau of Alcohol…. Tobacco Firearms and Explosives … trying to get a handle on fire spread and smoke dispersal at the point of origin of the Palisades Fire. LA Mayor Karen Bass wanted the public to know … this was a controlled burn in a very tightly controlled experiment.  BASSFIRE “I just…

Visible Flames Expected as ATF Conducts Testing in Santa Monica Mountains

Los Angeles Fire Department to oversee public safety during ATF fire tests The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) will conduct controlled fire testing this week in the Santa Monica Mountains along the Temescal Ridge Trail between Skull Rock and Green Peak, the Los Angeles Fire Department has announced. Testing is scheduled to take place during the evenings from Tuesday, April 29, through Thursday, May 1. The operation…

LAFD & ATF To Set Controlled Fire In Santa Monica Mountains