Hughes fires mapped: Latest Los Angeles blaze totals more than 10,000 acres
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The rapid-moving blaze has already devoured more than 10,000 acres since it broke out on Wednesday morning. California firefighters are working to extinguish yet another blaze — the Hughes fire — that erupted Wednesday and has already grown to span more than 10,000 acres across Los Angeles.
![[Hughes Fire burns through more than 10,000 acres in Southern California outside of Santa Clarita]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/23/13/Screenshot-2025-01-23-at-8.30.43%E2%80%AFAM.jpg)
Since early January, the area has been plagued by two other massive wildfires, the Palisades and Eaton fires, that claimed more than two dozen lives and devoured thousands of homes, places of worship and beloved restaurants. Now, 4,000 firefighting personnel and the California Air National Guard are trying to extinguish the fast-growing Hughes fire to the north. At its most devastating, the flames raced across Castaic, a unincorporated community, at a speed of 23 football fields every minute.
![[Blazes have been devastating Southern California since early January. Now, firefighters are working to put out the Hughes fire]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/23/13/Screenshot-2025-01-23-at-8.30.24%E2%80%AFAM.jpg)
“The situation remains dynamic and the fire remains a difficult fire to contain, although we are getting the upper hand,” Los Angeles County Fire Department Chief Anthony Marrone said Wednesday evening. The new rapidly-moving wildfire ignited just before 11 a.m. Wednesday and has engulfed the already charred region.
The fire broke out near Castaic Lake in Castaic, 16 miles north of Santa Clarita and 45 miles north of Los Angeles, and scorched 3,407 acres in less than two hours, according to Cal Fire. By 3 p.m., it had spread to 5,000 acres. The wildfire has burned through the immediate area around the reservoir, while smoke and haze have shrouded the surrounding region, from California State Route 126 outside of Santa Clarita on the southern end to Lancaster Road in Sandberg on the northern end.
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