The Critics Choice Awards have officially been rescheduled. Originally set for Sunday, January 12, the event will now take place on Sunday, January 26 due to the ongoing wildfires sweeping through Los Angeles and surrounding areas.

Rows of cars at a dealership, blasted by flames, looked like they had been bombed. A man wearing a mask walked by debris of a neighborhood destroyed. A couple, arms around each other, looked at what was left of their smoldering home. A statue of a human, without a head, lay on a street.

Tens of thousands of residents were under evacuation warnings as several major wildfires continue to burn through the Los Angeles area on Wednesday.

While the cause of each blaze has yet to be determined, all burned in or near foothill communities amid gusty winds and dry air and vegetation.

Extreme weather conditions in Southern California fueled by ferocious Santa Ana winds have created at least four wildfires, leading to at least two deaths, multiple injuries, thousands of mandatory evacuations, and widespread property destruction. ➤ Get weather and fire alerts via text: Sign up to get current wildfire updates by location

A high school used in many films, a synagogue and several well-known restaurants are among the structures that burned, while other local landmarks are endangered.

The Critics Choice Awards, originally set for Sunday evening in Santa Monica, have been postponed amid devastating fires raging across the Los Angeles area. Critics Choice Association COO Joey Berlin tells Variety “the show has been officially postponed,

The Chelsea Handler-hosted 2025 Critics Choice Awards have been postponed as a series of wildfires continue to spread through southern California. As evacuation orders and casualties sweep the region,