Several miles of coastline spanning from Malibu to Santa Monica have been closed indefinitely due to the risk of toxic materials and pollutants from wildfires that burned in the area in recent months.

What the closure covers: The closure starts at Las Flores State Beach to Santa Monica State Beach and will stay in effect until further notice, according to the L.A. County Department of Public Health. Officials are cautioning beachgoers to avoid contact with water or sand around the areas, as well as any fire debris they may come across.

A long stretch of ocean water along Los Angeles County coastline will be indefinitely closed due to the potential hazards from debris runoff after two devastating wildfires burned in the area in recent months.

The ocean water along roughly eight miles of prime Los Angeles coastline remained off-limits indefinitely due to the recent rains and fire debris carried to the coast, while a water quality advisory was in effect all L.

Rainfall is needed and generally welcomed across Southern California. But following two historic fires, it also poses risks and it heightens the concern over contaminants that could make their way into storm drains,

Several miles of Los Angeles County coastline will remain closed indefinitely due to recent rainfall pushing possibly toxic and carcinogenic debris from the Palisades Fire into the ocean waters. KTLA's Angeli Kakade reports on Jan.

In the wake of the devastating Los Angeles wildfires, wide swathes of coastline have been closed indefinitely, per public health officials.