LAPD seeks owners for 500 firearms recovered from Palisades Fire ruins

Cleanup crews in Pacific Palisades have recovered around 500 firearms from the debris of homes destroyed in the Palisades Fire, with the LAPD now working to reunite these damaged guns with their owners. Many of the firearms are severely burned, making identification difficult, but police are using serial numbers and other clues to log each weapon in the state’s Automated Firearms System. The process is important both for returning sentimental or historical pieces and for ensuring proper accountability of all firearms lost or destroyed in the fire. Residents who lost firearms are encouraged to contact the LAPD Gun Recovery Unit with proof of address and a description of their weapon to begin the recovery process. Police emphasize that meticulous documentation is necessary to prevent any unaccounted firearms and to support community recovery efforts. Detectives note that the scale of destruction, including damage to guns stored in fire-resistant safes, underscores the fire’s intensity.