As two large prior fires remained smoldering and parched Southern california faced another round of severe winds, a massive and rapidly spreading wildfire ripped over rocky hillsides north of Los Angeles on wednesday, putting more than 50,000 people under evacuation orders or advisories.
 
About 40 miles (64 kilometers) from the destructive Eaton and Palisades fires, which are in their third week of rage, the Hughes fire began in the late morning and a matter of hours had burned over 15 square miles (39 square kilometers) of trees and brush, sending up plumes of dark smoke near Lake Castaic, a popular recreation area.

During a news conference on wednesday night, Cal fire Director Joe Tyler stated, "This fire had a robust response today, and as you can see behind us, the responders are doing great work to try to contain this fire," "Yes, we haven't left the woods yet."
 
According to LA County Sheriff Robert Luna, about 31,000 individuals have received evacuation orders, and another 23,000 are under evacuation alerts.
 According to LA County fire Chief Anthony Marrone, crews are gaining the upper hand, but the fire is still challenging to suppress.

According to Luna, portions of Interstate 5 that were blocked will soon reopen.
 
For emergency vehicles and transporting equipment, a 30-mile (48-kilometer) section of the main north-south route has been blocked. Crews on the ground and in helicopters that dropped water attempted to stop the wind-driven fire from spreading toward Castaic over the freeway.

According to Marrone, aviation personnel were able to dump tens of thousands of gallons of fire retardant on the south side of the fire, where the flames were advancing, because the winds were not as high as they were two weeks earlier.
 
According to the National Weather service on the social media site X, the area's winds were blowing at 42 mph (67 kph) in the afternoon but were predicted to reach 60 mph (96 kph) by thursday evening.
 
 

 
 
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SIBY JEYYA

23/01/2025 10:09 AM