The Hughes Fire, which broke out north of Santa Clarita in Castaic, Calif., earlier Wednesday, has scorched more than 3,400 acres, according to Cal Fire.
Powerful winds and bone-dry conditions could pose a challenge to firefighters battling new wildfires in southern California on Thursday, including a blaze that swelled over the past day and forced tens of thousands of evacuations north of Los Angeles.
Blaze consumes 14 hectares per minute driven by wind gusts, threatening several residential areas of Santa Clarita
Firefighters are responding to a brush fire in the Castaic area of Los Angeles County Wednesday morning, according to the Angeles National Forest.
The Hughes Fire has spread over 8,096 acres after starting just before lunchtime in Los Angeles County's Castaic Lake area on Wednesday.
Deadly wind-driven brush fires throughout Los Angeles County continue to burn and several neighborhoods remain without power in and around the Valley due to Power Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS).
The Hughes Fire has forced the evacuation of 31,000 people and more than 14,000 structures are threatened, according to L.A. County’s Coordinated Joint Information Center.
On Tuesday at 10:43 p.m. the NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA issued a high wind watch valid for Thursday between 2 a.m. and 2 p.m.
The fire — which erupted near Castaic Lake in Los Angeles County, north of Santa Clarita, late Wednesday morning — has grown to over 10,000 acres.
A new fire in southern California has exploded from 500 acres to more than 9,000 in just a few hours, prompting new evacuation orders for an area already reeling from blazes that have destroyed thousands of homes.
The latest SoCal wildfire ignites two weeks after the still-uncontained Palisades and Eaton fires began devastating Los Angeles