By Grand Rapids Anonymous
wednesday, january 22, 2025 at 6:36:00 p.m. est
abc NOISE says gigantic fire explodes in l.a. county this afternoon
GRA:50,000 people evacuated. The “Hughes fire,” just north of los angeles has spread rapidly, with five schools closed.
Winds will intensify to over 50 mph overnight.
Pedro playing with matches again?
--GRA
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LATEST FIRE HAS GRABBED MORE THAN 9200 ACRES, ALMOST TRIPLING IN SIZE, IN 6 HOURS.
8:30 p.m.(cbs noise)With high winds driving the flames, a fast-moving wildfire exploded to more than 9,200 acres near the Los Angeles County community of Castaic Wednesday — prompting mandatory evacuation orders for tens of thousands of people.
The Hughes Fire broke out around 10:45 a.m. near Castaic Lake, off Lake Hughes Road just north of Castaic Reservoir Road, before growing to 500 acres within an hour, authorities said. By 12:30 p.m., less than two hours after first being reported, it had ripped through a total of 3,407 acres, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire.
By 6 p.m., the fire had more than doubled in size — spreading to an estimated 9,200 acres, according to the LA County Fire Department. Firefighters say that they have not discovered any burned structures and that while the weather conditions were driving the blaze, they were not as severe as the wildfires from earlier this month. However, Angeles National Forest Chief Robert Garcia stressed that the conditions were still critical.
"The first responders are doing great work to contain this fire. Certainly, we are not out of the woods yet," Cal Fire Chief Joe Tyler said.
LA County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone said roughly 4,000 personnel were sent to Castaic to battle the wildfire.
The unincorporated community of Castaic is located in northwest Los Angeles County, about 15 miles northwest of Santa Clarita and just alongside the Angeles National Forest.
--GRA
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