Los Angeles wildfires in photos: Hughes fire prompts evacuations of over 50,000 after weeks of blazes

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection reports that the new fire has destroyed 9,400 acres of property and is completely out of control.

Published on Jan 23, 2025 12:21 pm IST 11 Photos
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A new 'Hughes Fire' has forced over 50,000 residents of the US state of California to evacuate or be on alert, days after fast-moving wildfires left a path of devastating devastation in the city. In pic: An inmate crew led by firefighters gets ready to fight the fire as smoke from the Hughes Fire fills the sky in Castaic, a northwestern neighborhood of Los Angeles, California(AFP)

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While county workers cleaned drainage basins and pipelines and put up barriers, fire firefighters filled sandbags for communities. In Ventura and Los Angeles counties, red flag warnings for significant fire risk were extended until 10 a.m. on Friday.(AFP/Apu Gomes)

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While some people were permitted to return to the burned-out Altadena and Pacific Palisades neighbourhoods to the south, officials in Los Angeles started preparing for possible rain.(AFP/Apu GOMES)

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The local winds were blowing at 67 kph in the afternoon, but by Thursday and later in the evening, they were predicted to reach 96 kph. Crews on the ground and in helicopters that dropped water attempted to stop the wind-driven fire from spreading towards Castaic over the freeway.(AFP/Apu GOMES)

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As flames raced up hilltops and down into forested canyons, a 48-kilometer section of Interstate 5, a key north-south route, was blocked. In pic: A fire truck and highway atrol cars back away on Lake Hughes road as flames from the Hughes Fire engulf a hillside in Castaic, a northwestern neighborhood of Los Angeles County, California,(AFP/Apu GOMES )

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